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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
• Balances, Divine
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Balance
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Balance
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Judgment--Comparable to Balances
Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Balances
Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Balance
Wilson's Bible Types
• Balances
Webster Dictionary
• Trial Balance
• Balancing
• Balancer
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Balance
• Balance of Power
• Balance of Trade
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Balance
• Balancings
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Balance
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Balance of Power
• Balance of Trade
The Jewish Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
• ܡܰܣܰܬ݂ܳܐ
• ζυγός
• מֹאזְנַיִם
• מֹאזְנֵא
• מִפְלָשׂ
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The emblem of justice (Job 31:6; Psalms 62:9; Proverbs 11:1) the test of truth and honesty. The emblem of scarcity, food being weighed out Revelation 6:5). Μozenaim , "double scales" (Genesis 23:16). Qaneh , "the beam of a balance" (Isaiah 46:6). Ρeles , "scales" (Isaiah 40:12): literally, "the beam", or else the aperture in which the tongue or beam moves.