Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7193 - קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת qasqeseth (scale (of fish))

Original Word:	קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת
Transliteration:	qasqeseth
Definition:	scale (of fish)
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(kas-keh'-seth)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

mail, scale

By reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark; a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal) -- mail, scale.

Englishman's Concordance

1) scale (of fish, water animals)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2082a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂתnoun femininescale of fish, etc.; — of water-animals having ׳סְנַמִּיר וְקfin and scaleDeuteronomy 14:9,10=Leviticus 11:9,10,12; plural קַשְׂקַשִׂים, of scale-armour 1 Samuel 17:5; plural suffix קַשְׂקְשׂתֶיךָEzekiel 29:4 (twice in verse) (of Pharaoh under figure of crocodile).

קַשׁ see קשׁשׁ.

קשׁא (√ of following; compare Arabic , Ethiopic Late Hebrew קִשּׁוּת, Punic κισσου Löw^{p. 408}, all cucumber (s) (Löw^{p. 330}), so probably Assyrian ‡iššû; compare Syriac id. (Lexicons), ᵑ7^Jer i. Numbers 11:4 plural קַטַּיָּיא (ט for ת after ק); Greek σίκυοςσικύη Lag^{Arm. Stud. § 1975; M ii. 356} Lewy^{Fremdw. 30}).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7193. קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת (qasqeseth) — 8 Occurrences

Leviticus 11:9
HEB:לוֹ֩ סְנַפִּ֨יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת בַּמַּ֗יִם בַּיַּמִּ֛ים
NAS: that have fins and scales, those in the water,
KJV: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters,
INT: after have fins and scales the water the seas

Leviticus 11:10
HEB:ל֜וֹ סְנַפִּ֣יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת בַּיַּמִּים֙ וּבַנְּחָלִ֔ים
NAS: fins and scales among
KJV: And all that have not fins and scales in the seas,
INT: have fins and scales the seas the rivers

Leviticus 11:12
HEB:ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ
NAS: fins and scales is abhorrent
KJV: Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters,
INT: have fins and scales the water is abhorrent

Deuteronomy 14:9
HEB:ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃
NAS: that has fins and scales you may eat,
KJV: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
INT: after fins and scales may eat

Deuteronomy 14:10
HEB:ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ
NAS: fins and scales you shall not eat;
KJV: And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat;
INT: have fins and scales shall not eat

1 Samuel 17:5
HEB:רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ
NAS: and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed
KJV: with a coat of mail; and the weight
INT: his head A coat scale-armor and he was clothed

Ezekiel 29:4
HEB:דְגַת־ יְאֹרֶ֖יךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ
NAS: cling to your scales. And I will bring
KJV: to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up
INT: the fish of your rivers to your scales will bring of the midst

Ezekiel 29:4
HEB:דְּגַ֣ת יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ תִּדְבָּֽק׃
NAS: will cling to your scales.
KJV: shall stick unto thy scales.
INT: the fish of your rivers to your scales will cling

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