קְשִׂיטָה
qe.si.tah
“coin”
Definition
an ingot (as definitely estimated and stamped for a coin)
from an unused root (probably meaning to weigh out);
- a unit of unknown value 1a) perhaps weight, money
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
קְשִׂיטָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
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