Strong’s H4949 · Hebrew
מִשְׁקֶלֶת
mishqeleth · mish-keh'-leth
Origin or מִשְׁקֹלֶת; feminine of מִשְׁקָל (H4948) or מַשְׁקוֹף (H4947);
Meaning a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached)
In the King James Version plummet.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Kings 21:13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
- Isaiah 28:17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.