Qasqeseth — H7193

Definition

feminine noun

a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)

1. scale (of fish, water animals)

Usually translated as

mail, scale

Origin

by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark

Greek equivalents

• lepís (G3013)

Occurrences

Qasqeseth occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (3), Deuteronomy (2), 1 Samuel (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Leviticus 11:9 — These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales (וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת) in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
• Leviticus 11:10 — And all that have not fins and scales (וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת) in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
• Leviticus 11:12 — Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales (וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת) in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.
• Deuteronomy 14:9 — These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales (וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת) shall ye eat:
• Deuteronomy 14:10 — And whatsoever hath not fins and scales (וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת) ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
• 1 Samuel 17:5 — And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail (קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים); and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
• Ezekiel 29:4 — But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales (בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ), and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
• Ezekiel 29:4 — But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales (בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ).