Know the Word.

Hebrew word

qasqeseth

kas-keh'-seth

קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת

What it means

a scale

a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)

Where it comes from

by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark

How the King James translates it

  • scales6
  • mail1

Every place it appears 7

Deuteronomy14:914:10
1 Samuel17:5
Ezekiel29:4