Seah
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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 .
