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nvt., Scales, weight; to weigh. Figuratively, to consider, judge, estimate. Literally, place pound (Eng.).

• Examples:
  • Luna kaupaona (Isa. 33.18), receiver.
• References:
  • See ex., puka #7.

v. To weigh, as with scales or steelyards; to weigh out, as goods or money, i.e., to pay out. Isa. 55:2. To weigh morally, as the deeds of men. 1 Sam. 2:3. As one's life and character. Dan. 5:27.

s. Scales for weighing; steelyards or other instruments for weighing. Hoik. 6:5.

1. Scales for weighing; steelyards or other instruments for weighing.

2. The weight of a thing.

1. To weigh, as with scales or steelyards.

2. To weigh out, as goods or money, that is, to pay out.

3. To weigh morally, as the deeds of men, as one's life and character.

I. Kaupaona no ka poe Hebera i ko lakou gula a me ke kala i ke kalepa ana. O ke sekela, hapalua sekela, mane, talena, aole inoa kala wale no, he inoa kaupaona o na mea e kekahi. O 'ke sekela o ke keenakapu,' he iwakalua gera ia, oia ke kala kaupaona kupono. Aole paha okoa ke sekela maoli, ua like no, Puk. 30:13, 24; Oihk. 5:15, Nah. 3:50; 7:19; 18:16; Oihk. 27:25. I mai o Ezekiela, he iwakalua gera ke sekela maoli; nolaila, ua like no me ke sekela o ke keenakapu, Ez. 45:12. E nana i ka papa o NA MEA EAUPAONA.

scales for weighing: to weigh.