‖ seah Hebrew Antiq.
(ˈsiːə)
[Heb. s⊇ā{suph}, in the Eng. Bible translated ‘measure’ (e.g. Gen. xviii. 6, 2 Kings vii. 1), as is also the Græcized form σάτον in the New Testament (e.g. Matt. xiii. 33).]
A Hebrew dry measure, equal (according to Rabbinical statements) to six times the cab (cab n.1) and to one-third of the ephah.
| 1705 Arbuthnot Tab. Grec., etc. Coins 14, 15. 1737 Whiston Josephus, Antiq. ix. iv. §4 Two seahs of barley should be sold in the market for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour should be sold for a shekel [2 Kings vii. 1]. Ibid. §5 A seah is equal to an Italian modius and a half. |