Lectionary Calendar

Friday, April 19th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter

Attention!

StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Kesitah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Search for…

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Kerioth

Next Entry
Kettle

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

(Genesis 33:19 , RSV, marg., a Hebrew word, rendered, A.V., pl. "pieces of money," marg., "lambs;" Joshua 24:32 , "pieces of silver;" Job 42:11 , "piece of money"). The kesitah was probably a piece of money of a particular weight, cast in the form of a lamb. The monuments of Egypt show that such weights were used. (See PIECES .)

Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Kesitah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/k/kesitah.html. 1897.

Bible Dictionaries Kesitah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Bible Dictionaries
Kesitah