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Proverbs 16:11
“A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פֶּלֶסpeleç · peh'-les
H6425 · Hebrew
H6425 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a balance
- Derivation
- from H6424 (פָּלַס);
- KJV renderings
- scales, weight.
- Grammar
- פֶּ֤לֶס — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.Isaiah 40:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פֶּלֶס here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.