| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water. 2. (n.) A plumb bob or a plumb line. See under Plumb. 3. (n.) Hence, any weight. 4. (n.) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PLUMB-LINE; PLUMMET plum'-lin, plum'-et, plum'-it.
See TOOLS. | Multi-Version Concordance Plummet (4 Occurrences) 2 Kings 21:13 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 wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) 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. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Isaiah 34:11 But the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness. (See JPS ASV DBY RSV) Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV) |