Strong’s Hebrew
H4949 — mishqeleth
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
מִשְׁקֶלֶת
mishqeleth — pronounced mish-keh'-leth
or mishqoleth {mish-ko'-leth}; feminine of 4948 or 4947; a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached):--plummet. see H04948 see H04947
2 occurrences in the KJV.
2 Kings 21:13
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
Isaiah 28:17
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
