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However, the Greek word "λέπας" (G3013) can refer to a scale or flake, though it is not used in the New Testament in this context.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "qasqeseth" refers to scales, specifically those found on fish. In the context of the Hebrew Bible, it is used to describe the physical characteristics that determine the dietary laws regarding clean and unclean animals. Fish with fins and scales are considered clean and permissible for consumption according to Levitical law.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite culture, dietary laws were a significant aspect of religious observance, serving to set the Israelites apart from other nations. The distinction between clean and unclean animals is detailed in the Torah, particularly in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. These laws were not only about health but also about ritual purity and obedience to God's commandments. The presence of scales and fins was a clear, observable criterion that helped the Israelites identify which aquatic creatures were permissible to eat.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>scale (of fish)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>scale-armor (1), scales (7).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>scale</b></font> of fish, etc.; — of water-animals having <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">סְנַמִּיר וְק</font> <em>fin and scale</em> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/14-9.htm">Deuteronomy 14:9</a>,10 = <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-9.htm">Leviticus 11:9</a>,10,12; plural <font class="hebrew2">קַשְׂקַשִׂים</font>, of scale-armour <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-5.htm">1 Samuel 17:5</a>; plural suffix <font class="hebrew2">קַשְׂקְשׂתֶיךָ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4</a> (twice in verse) (of Pharaoh under figure of crocodile). <p><font class="hebrew2">קַשׁ</font> see <font class="hebrew2">קשׁשׁ</font>. <p><font class="hebrew2">קשׁא</font> (√ of following; compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090312.gif">, Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090313.gif"> Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">קִשּׁוּת</font>, Punic <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">κισσου</font> Löw<sup>p. 408</sup>, all <em>cucumber</em> (<em>s</em>) (Löw<sup>p. 330</sup>), so probably Assyrian <i><em>‡iššû</em></i>; compare Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb090314.gif"> <em>id.</em> (Lexicons), <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font><sup>Jer</sup> i. <a href="/interlinear/numbers/11-4.htm">Numbers 11:4</a> plural <font class="hebrew2">קַטַּיָּיא</font> (<font class="hebrew2">ט</font> for <font class="hebrew2">ת</font> after <font class="hebrew2">ק</font>); Greek <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">σίκυος</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">σικύη</font> Lag<sup>Arm. Stud. § 1975; M ii. 356</sup> Lewy<sup>Fremdw. 30</sup>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>mail, scale <p>By reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark; a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal) -- mail, scale. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ בקשקשתיך וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת וקשקשת קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים קשקשים bə·qaś·qə·śō·ṯe·ḵā bekaskesoTeicha bəqaśqəśōṯeḵā kaskasSim qaś·qaś·śîm qaśqaśśîm vekasKeset wə·qaś·qe·śeṯ wəqaśqeśeṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/leviticus/11-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 11:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לוֹ֩ סְנַפִּ֨יר <b> וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת </b> בַּמַּ֗יִם בַּיַּמִּ֛ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that have fins <span class="itali">and scales,</span> those in the water,<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> whatsoever hath fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> in the waters,<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> after have fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> the water the seas<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/11-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 11:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ל֜וֹ סְנַפִּ֣יר <b> וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת </b> בַּיַּמִּים֙ וּבַנְּחָלִ֔ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> among<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And all that have not fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> in the seas,<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> the seas the rivers<p><b><a href="/text/leviticus/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Leviticus 11:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר <b> וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת </b> בַּמָּ֑יִם שֶׁ֥קֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/leviticus/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> is abhorrent<br><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Whatsoever hath no fins <span class="itali">nor scales</span> in the waters,<br><a href="/interlinear/leviticus/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> the water is abhorrent<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 14:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר <b> וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת </b> תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that has fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> you may eat,<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all that have fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> shall ye eat:<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> after fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> may eat<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/14-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 14:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ל֛וֹ סְנַפִּ֥יר <b> וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת </b> לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> you shall not eat;<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And whatsoever hath not fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> ye may not eat;<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/14-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> have fins <span class="itali">and scales</span> shall not eat<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 17:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן <b> קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים </b> ה֣וּא לָב֑וּשׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and he was clothed <span class="itali">with scale-armor</span> which weighed<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with a coat <span class="itali">of mail;</span> and the weight<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/17-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his head A coat <span class="itali">scale-armor</span> and he was clothed<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/29-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 29:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דְגַת־ יְאֹרֶ֖יךָ <b> בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ </b> וְהַעֲלִיתִ֙יךָ֙ מִתּ֣וֹךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> cling <span class="itali">to your scales.</span> And I will bring<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to stick <span class="itali">unto thy scales,</span> and I will bring thee up<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the fish of your rivers <span class="itali">to your scales</span> will bring of the midst<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/29-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 29:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דְּגַ֣ת יְאֹרֶ֔יךָ <b> בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ </b> תִּדְבָּֽק׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will cling <span class="itali">to your scales.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall stick <span class="itali">unto thy scales.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/29-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the fish of your rivers <span class="itali">to your scales</span> will cling<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7193.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7193.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7193<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/bekaskesoteicha_7193.htm">bə·qaś·qə·śō·ṯe·ḵā — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kaskassim_7193.htm">qaś·qaś·śîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vekaskeset_7193.htm">wə·qaś·qe·śeṯ — 5 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div 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