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- Balance - n. - An apparatus for weighing.
- Balance - n. - Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
- Balance - n. - Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
- Balance - n. - The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.
- Balance - n. - An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.
- Balance - n. - A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).
- Balance - n. - The constellation Libra.
- Balance - n. - The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in September.
- Balance - n. - A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. i., S.
- Balance - n. - To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.
- Balance - n. - To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.
- Balance - n. - To equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.
- Balance - n. - To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- Balance - n. - To settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.
- Balance - n. - To make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.
- Balance - n. - To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.
- Balance - n. - To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.
- Balance - n. - To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.
- Balance - v. i. - To have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.
- Balance - v. i. - To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.
- Balance - v. i. - To move toward a person or couple, and then back.
- Balance wheel - - A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.
- Balance wheel - - A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).
- Balance wheel - - A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
- Balanceable - a. - Such as can be balanced.
- Balance - n. - To support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.
- Balance - n. - To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.
- Cock - n. - The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- Emblem - n. - A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity.
- Weighty - superl. - Adapted to turn the balance in the mind, or to convince; important; forcible; serious; momentous.
- Hairspring - n. - The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
- Counterpoise - n. - A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.
- Balance - n. - To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.
- Libration - n. - A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.
- Giddy - superl. - Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy.
- Scale - n. - The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.
- Change - v. t. - Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.
- Rest - n. - The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
- Equilibrium - n. - A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body.
- Cast - v. t. - To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
- Librate - v. i. - To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
- Plyer - n. - A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.
- Collet - n. - A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.
- Balance wheel - - A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).
- Reckon - v. i. - To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
- Arrear - n. - That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
- Counterbalance - n. - A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.
- Equibalance - v. t. - To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.
- Balance - n. - A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).
- Counterbalance - n. - A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel
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- H5537 סָלָא - 5537 סָלָא - סָלָא - - çâlâʼ - saw-law' - a primitive root; to suspend in a balance, i.e. weigh; compare. - Verb - heb
- H4657 מִפְלָשׂ - 4657 מִפְלָשׂ - מִפְלָשׂ - - miphlâs - mif-lawce' - from an unused root meaning to balance; a poising; balancing. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H3976 מֹאזֵן - 3976 מֹאזֵן - מֹאזֵן - - môʼzên - mo-zane' - from אָזַן; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H3977 מֹאזֵן - 3977 מֹאזֵן - מֹאזֵן - - môʼzên - mo-zane' - (Aramaic) corresponding to מֹאזֵן; {(only in the dual) a pair of scales}; balances. - Noun Masculine - arc
- H6425 פֶּלֶס - 6425 פֶּלֶס - פֶּלֶס - - peleç - peh'-les - from פָּלַס; a balance; scales, weight. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H7070 קָנֶה - 7070 קָנֶה - קָנֶה - - qâneh - kaw-neh' - from קָנָה; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard); balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H7189 קֹשֶׁט - 7189 קֹשֶׁט - קֹשֶׁט - - qôsheṭ - ko'-shet - or קֹשְׁטְ; from an unused root meaning to balance; equity (as evenly weighed), i.e. reality; truth. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H7737 שָׁוָה - 7737 שָׁוָה - שָׁוָה - - shâvâh - shaw-vaw' - a primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.); avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon. - Verb - heb
- H8505 תָּכַן - 8505 תָּכַן - תָּכַן - - tâkan - taw-kan' - a primitive root; to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test); bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh. - Verb - heb
- G5007 τάλαντον - 5007 τάλαντον - ΤΆΛΑΝΤΟΝ - - tálanton - tal'-an-ton - neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of (to bear; equivalent to φέρω); a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or "talent":--talent. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H8625 תְּקַל - 8625 תְּקַל - תְּקַל - - tᵉqal - tek-al' - (Aramaic) corresponding to שָׁקַל; to balance; Tekel, be weighed. - - arc
- G2218 ζυγός - 2218 ζυγός - ΖΥΓΌΣ - - zygós - dzoo-gos' - from the root of (to join, especially by a "yoke"); a coupling, i.e. (figuratively) servitude (a law or obligation); also (literally) the beam of the balance (as connecting the scales):--pair of balances, yoke. - Noun Masculine - greek
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- Isaiah 23 40:12 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ?
מי־מדד בשׁעלו מים ושׁמים בזרת תכן וכל בשׁלשׁ עפר הארץ ושׁקל בפלס הרים וגבעות במאזנים - Proverbs 20 16:11 - A just weight and balance are the LORD'S : all the weights of the bag are his work.
פלס ומאזני משׁפט ליהוה מעשׂהו כל־אבני־כיס - Proverbs 20 20:23 - Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD ; and a false balance is not good.
תועבת יהוה אבן ואבן ומאזני מרמה לא־טוב - Proverbs 20 11:1 - A false balance is abomination to the LORD : but a just weight is his delight.
מאזני מרמה תועבת יהוה ואבן שׁלמה רצונו - Isaiah 23 40:15 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
הן גוים כמר מדלי וכשׁחק מאזנים נחשׁבו הן איים כדק יטול
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- Isaiah 23 46:6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
זוּל זָהָב כִּיס שָׁקַל כֶּסֶף קָנֶה שָׂכַר צָרַף עָשָׂה אֵל סָגַד שָׁחָה - Amos 30 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
אָמַר חֹדֶשׁ עָבַר שָׁבַר שֶׁבֶר שַׁבָּת פָּתַח בָּר אֵיפָה קָטֹן שֶׁקֶל גָּדַל עָוַת מֹאזֵן מִרְמָה - Isaiah 23 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
גּוֹי מַר דְּלִי חָשַׁב שַׁחַק מֹאזֵן נָטַל אִי דַּק - Job 18 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.
שָׁקַל צֶדֶק מֹאזֵן אֱלוֹהַּ יָדַע תֻּמָּה - Hosea 28 12:7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
כְּנַעַן מֹאזֵן מִרְמָה יָד אָהַב עָשַׁק