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Scale

λεπίςStrong’s G3013

lepis

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Lepis is the Greek word usually translated “scales”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.”
Acts 9:18 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “scales”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • scales 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    λεπίς lepis · scale

    λεπίς, -ίδος, ἡ (λέπω, to peel) [in LXX chiefly for קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת ;] a scale: Act.9:18† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “scale” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SCALE, noun

    [Latin id. If the sense is to strip, it coincides with the Gr. to spoil.]

    1. The dish of a balance; and hence, the balance itself, or whole instrument; as, to turn the scale
    2. The sign of the balance or Libra, in the zodiac.
    3. The small shell or crust which composes a part of the covering of a fish; and hence, any thin layer or leaf exfoliated or separated; a thin lamin; as scales of iron or of bone.
    4. A ladder; series of steps; means of ascending. [Latin scala.]
    All definitions and other forms of “scale”
    1. The art of storming a place by mounting the wall on ladders; an escalade, or scalade.
    2. A mathematical instrument of wood or metal, on which are marked line and figures for the purpose of measuring distances, extent or proportions; as a plain scale; a diagonal scale
    3. Regular gradation; a series rising by steps or degrees like those of a ladder.
    4. Any instrument, figure or scheme, graduated for the purpose of measuring extent or proportions as a map drawn by a scale of half an inch to a league.
    5. In music, a gamut; a diagram; or a series of lines and spaces rising one above another, on which notes are placed; or a scale consists of the regular gradations of sounds.
    6. Any thing graduated or marked with degrees at equal distances.

    SCALE, verb transitive

    1. To climb, as by a ladder; to ascend by steps; and applied to the walls of a fortified place, to mount in assault or storm.
    2. [from scale a balance.] To measure; to compare; to weight.
    3. [from scale the covering of a fish.] to strip or clear of scales; as, to scale a fish.
    4. To take off in thin lamins or scales.
    5. To pare off a surface.
    6. In the north of England, to spread, as manure or loose substances; also, to disperse; to waste.
    7. In gunnery, to clean the inside of a cannon by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

    SCALE, verb intransitive

    To separate and come off in thin layers or lamins.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.