What does "Weights" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Weights?

Reduced to English troy-weight, the Hebrew weights were: (1.) The gerah (Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47), a Hebrew word, meaning a grain or kernel, and hence a small weight. It was the twentieth part of a shekel, and equal to 12 grains. (2.) Bekah (Ex. 38:26), meaning “a half” i.e., “half a shekel,” equal to 5 pennyweight. (3.) Shekel, “a weight,” only in the Old Testament, and frequently in its original form (Gen. 23:15, 16; Ex. 21:32; 30:13, 15; 38:24-29, etc.). It was equal to 10 pennyweight. (4.) Ma’neh, “a part” or “portion” (Ezek. 45:12), equal to 60 shekels, i.e., to 2 lbs. 6 oz. (5.) Talent of silver (2 Kings 5:22), equal to 3,000 shekels, i.e., 125 lbs. (6.) Talent of gold (Ex. 25:39), double the preceding, i.e., 250 lbs.

What is the Hebrew word for Weights?

Where does Weights appear in the Bible?

Weights is referenced in 7 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• Deuteronomy 25:13
• Deuteronomy 25:15
• Leviticus 19:36
• Micah 6:11
• Proverbs 16:11
• Proverbs 20:10
• Proverbs 20:23

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Weights.