Difference between revisions of "Seah"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_172230" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_172230" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) | <p> (n.) A [[Jewish]] dry measure containing one third of an an ephah. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33371" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33371" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54068" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54068" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> SEAH </strong> . See [[Weights]] and Measures, II. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59546" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_59546" /> == | ||
<p> (סֵאה, '' | <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" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' sē´a ''''' ( סאה , <i> ''''' ṣe'āh ''''' </i> ): | <p> ''''' sē´a ''''' ( סאה , <i> ''''' ṣe'āh ''''' </i> ): A dry measure equal to about one and one-half pecks. See [[Weights And Measures]] . </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 09:34, 13 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 .
