Scales
Scales
skalz (1) , kaskeseth fish-scales; (2) , meghinnah, , maghen, scales of the crocodile; (3) , leps, with verb , lepzo scale away (Tobit 3:17; 11:13)): (1) The first Hebrew word kaskeseth means the imbricated scales of fish, which together with the dorsal fin were a distinguishing mark of all fish allowed as food to the Israelite (Lev 11:9 ff; Deu 14:9 f). In the figurative sense the word is used of a coat of mail (1Sa 17:5, 1Sa 17:38). (2) Meghinnah from maghen, literally, a buckler or small shield (2Ch 23:9; Jer 46:3), is used in the description of the crocodile (see LEVIATHAN) for the horny scales or scutes imbedded in the skin, not imbricated upon it (Job 41:15 (Hebrew verse 7)). (3) The Greek lepis, which in classical language has a much wider range of meaning than the above Hebrew words (rind, husk, shell, fish-scale, scale of snake, flake of metal and of snow, etc.), is found in the New Testament description of Paul’s recovery from temporary blindness, And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he received his sight (Act 9:18). There is nothing in the words of the sacred text which compels us to think of literal scales. (In Tobit, however, a literal flaking-off of foreign substance is meant.) We have here rather a description of the sensation which terminated the three days’ period of blindness which the apostle suffered after his meeting with the risen Lord on the road to Damascus. The apostle himself does not use this expression in his own graphic description of the same experience: In that very hour I looked upon him (Act 22:13). The phrase has, however, come into English, for we speak of scales falling from one’s eyes when we mean a sudden illumination or remembrance or a dissipation of harassing doubt.
In Isa 40:12; the Revised Version (British and American) Pro 16:11 for , peles, in the sense of instrument for weighing. See BALANCE.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Scales
Fell from Paul’s eyes
Act 9:18
For measure
Balances
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Scales
Isa 40:12 (b) This is a symbol of the power and wisdom of GOD in putting chemicals together in combination by weight. All chemical combinations are put together by weight and not by volume. All of the combinations of metal, minerals, etc., in the mountains and hills are put together by weight.