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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59546" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59546" /> == | ||
<p> (סֵאה, ''Seah,'' from the obsolete סְאָה, ''Saah, To 'Expand'' )'','' a [[Hebrew]] measure, properly for grain (''A.V.'' always "measure;" Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 7:18); containing, according to the rabbins, the third of an ephab, i.e. nearly one and a half pecks English; according to [[Jerome]] ([[On]] Matthew 13:33), ''A [[Modius]] And A Half.'' From the Aramaean form has sprung the | <p> ( '''''סֵאה''''' , ''Seah,'' from the obsolete '''''סְאָה''''' , ''Saah, To 'Expand'' ) '','' a [[Hebrew]] measure, properly for grain ( ''A.V.'' always "measure;" Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 7:18); containing, according to the rabbins, the third of an ephab, i.e. nearly one and a half pecks English; according to [[Jerome]] ([[On]] Matthew 13:33), ''A [[Modius]] And A Half.'' From the Aramaean form has sprung the '''''Σάτον''''' of the Sept., New Test., and Josephus. (See [[Metrology]]), </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8145" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8145" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:20, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A Jewish dry measure containing one third of an an ephah.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
SEAH . See Weights and Measures, II.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( סֵאה , Seah, from the obsolete סְאָה , Saah, To 'Expand ) , a Hebrew measure, properly for grain ( A.V. always "measure;" Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 7:18); containing, according to the rabbins, the third of an ephab, i.e. nearly one and a half pecks English; according to Jerome (On Matthew 13:33), A Modius And A Half. From the Aramaean form has sprung the Σάτον of the Sept., New Test., and Josephus. (See Metrology),
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
sē´a ( סאה , ṣe'āh ): A dry measure equal to about one and one-half pecks. See Weights And Measures .
