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HebrewH8255Noun (Masculine)

שֶׁ֫קֶל

she.qel

53Occurrences
H8255Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

from H8254 (שָׁקַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. shekel 1a) the chief unit of weight or measure 1a1) gold-1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains 1a2) silver-1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains 1a3) copper-1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains Aramaic equivalent: te.qel (*תְּקֵל *"shekel" H8625B)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

שֶׁ֫קֶל appears 53 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
18
Exodus
8
Leviticus
8
2 Kings
4
1 Samuel
3
2 Samuel
2
Ezk
2
Genesis
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 21:25BSB

So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.

2 Samuel 24:24BSB

“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Ezk 4:10BSB

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Leviticus 27:7BSB

And if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.

Numbers 7:19BSB

The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.