- Original: קשׂקשׂת - Transliteration: Qasqeseth - Phonetic: kas-keh'-seth - Definition: 1. scale (of fish, water animals) - Origin: by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark - TWOT entry: 2082a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: By reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark; a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal): - mail scale. Total KJV Occurrences: 8 • mail, 1 1 Samuel 17:5 • scales, 7 Leviticus 11:9; Leviticus 11:10; Leviticus 11:12; Deuteronomy 14:9; Deuteronomy 14:10; Ezekiel 29:4(2)