Word Study · Strong's H7193 · Hebrew
קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת
qasqeseth
kas-keh'-seth
“a scale (of a fish)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
Rendered in the KJV as
mail, scale.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת3
- בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ1
- בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ1
- וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת1
- וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת1
- קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- and scale5
- to scales your2
- scales1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular5
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncfsa · 5
- HR/Ncfpc/Sp2ms · 2
- HNcmpa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 11:9וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂתvekaskesetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularOf all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.here: and scale
- Leviticus 11:10וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂתvekaskesetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularBut the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.here: and scale
- Leviticus 11:12וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂתvekaskesetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularEverything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.here: and scale
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 14:9וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂתvekaskesetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularOf all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,here: and scale
- Deuteronomy 14:10וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂתvekaskesetconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularbut you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.here: and scale
1 Samuel1 occurrence
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 29:4בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָbekaskesoteichapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.here: to scales your
- Ezekiel 29:4בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָbekaskesoteichapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.here: to scales your