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Lexicon :: Strong's H8255 - šeqel

Aa
שֶׁקֶל
Transliteration
šeqel
Pronunciation
sheh'-kel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2454a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁקֶל sheqel, sheh'-kel; from H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard:—shekel.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x

The KJV translates Strong's H8255 in the following manner: shekel (88x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x
The KJV translates Strong's H8255 in the following manner: shekel (88x).
  1. shekel

    1. the chief unit of weight or measure

      1. gold - 1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains

      2. silver - 1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains

      3. copper - 1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁקֶל sheqel, sheh'-kel; from H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard:—shekel.
STRONGS H8255: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫קֶל 87 noun masculineLeviticus 27:6 a weight, shekel (originally = weight; late Hebrew = coin GACookeInscr. 356); — absolute שׁ׳ Amos 8:5 +, שָׁ֑קֶל Exodus 38:29 +; plural שְׁקָלִים Joshua 7:21 +; construct שִׁקְלֵי 1 Chronicles 21:25; — shekel, as standard weight Amos 8:5; of weight of bronze armour 1 Samuel 17:5, iron spear-head 1 Samuel 17:7, +2 Samuel 21:16b (see מִשְׁקָל), hair 2 Samuel 14:26, food Ezekiel 4:10; implying value, of wedge of gold Joshua 7:21 (JE); of nails in temple (gold) 2 Chronicles 3:9; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment. or valuation) Exodus 21:32 (E), Joshua 7:21 (JE), 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 24:24; 2 Kings 7:1 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:16 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 15:20; Jeremiah 32:9; Ezekiel 45:12 (twice in verse) (see infra), and (= coin, from time of Darius I) Nehemiah 5:15; Nehemiah 10:33; Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 27:3, 4, 5 (twice in verse) (all P), +53 times P; also מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ׳ Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 30:15; Exodus 38:26 (= בֶּקַל), all half-shekel, atonement-money; compare שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ׳ Nehemiah 10:33 one-third; also רֶבַע שׁ׳ 1 Samuel 9:8 one-fourth if shekel; שׁ׳ = 20 גֵּרָה (ג׳ otherwise unknown) Ezekiel 45:12; Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47; 50שׁ׳ = one maneh Ezekiel 45:12 (read וַחֲמִשִּׁים for וחמשׁה [and עֶשְׂרֵה for עֲשָׂרָה preceding], Greek Version of the LXXA Boeckh Hi-Sm Co Toy Da Krae Berthol); הַקֹּדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:13, 24; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 3:47, 50; Numbers 7:13 + 21 times P; land estimated in שׁ׳ of gold 1 Chronicles 21:25; שׂ׳ also often omitted after number — שׁ׳ was of two standards, one one-half the other; actual weights (and values) varied, but most persistent were:
(1) gold, 252 2/3-grams Troy (or 126 1/3), modern equivalent approximately £2 1S., or $10;
(2) silver, 224 1/2-grams (nearly 1/2 ounce) = הַקֹּדֶשׁ שׁ׳ (see above), or 112 1/4, modern equivalent approximately 2s. 9d., or 67 with; בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 is dubious; if late (Bu HPS Löhr Now) it probably reference to a Babylonian or Persian scale (compare S-Cpap באבני מלכא often); 60 (or 50) שׁ׳ = 1 mina, 60 minas= 1 talent(see מָנֶה,כִּכָּר). See especially ARSKHast. DB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,and MONEY.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8625.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:32; 30:13; 30:13; 30:13; 30:15; 30:24; 38:26; 38:29

Leviticus

5:15; 5:15; 27:3; 27:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:25

Numbers

3:47; 3:47; 3:50; 7:13

Joshua

7:21; 7:21; 7:21

1 Samuel

9:8; 9:8; 17:5; 17:7

2 Samuel

14:26; 14:26; 21:16; 24:24

2 Kings

7:1; 7:16; 7:18; 15:20

1 Chronicles

21:25; 21:25

2 Chronicles

3:9

Nehemiah

5:15; 10:33; 10:33

Jeremiah

32:9

Ezekiel

4:10; 45:12; 45:12; 45:12

Amos

8:5; 8:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8255 matches the Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šeqel),
which occurs 88 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 23:15–Neh 10:32)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - My lord, H113 hearken unto me: H8085 the land H776 is worth four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 what H4100 is that H1931 betwixt me H996 and thee? H996 bury H6912 therefore H853 thy dead. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And H8085 Abraham H85 hearkened H8085 unto H413 Ephron; H6085 and H8254 Abraham H85 weighed H8254 to Ephron H6085 the silver, H3701 which H834 he had named H1696 in the audience H241 of the sons H1121 of Heth, H2845 four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 current H5674 money with the merchant. H5503
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If H518 the ox H7794 shall push H5055 a manservant H5650 or H176 a maidservant; H519 he shall give H5414 unto their master H113 thirty H7970 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 and the ox H7794 shall be stoned. H5619
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - This H2088 they shall give, H5414 every one H3605 that passeth H5674 among H5921 them that are numbered, H6485 half H4276 a shekel H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944 (a shekel H8255 is twenty H6242 gerahs:) H1626 an half H4276 shekel H8255 shall be the offering H8641 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - The rich H6223 shall H7235 not H3808 give more, H7235 and the poor H1800 shall H4591 not H3808 give less H4591 than half H4276 a shekel, H8255 when they give H5414 an offering H8641 unto the LORD, H3068 to make an atonement H3722 for H5921 your souls. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - And of cassia H6916 five H2568 hundred H3967 shekels, after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 and of oil H8081 olive H2132 an hin: H1969
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All H3605 the gold H2091 that was occupied H6213 for the work H4399 in all H3605 the work H4399 of the holy H6944 place, even H1961 the gold H2091 of the offering, H8573 was H1961 twenty and H6242 nine H8672 talents, H3603 and seven H7651 hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary. H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver of H3701 them that were numbered H6485 of the congregation H5712 was an hundred H3967 talents, H3603 and a thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 and threescore H7657 and fifteen H2568 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A bekah H1235 for every man, H1538 that is, half H4276 a shekel, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 for every one H3605 that went H5674 to H5921 be numbered, H6485 from H1121 twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 for six H8337 hundred H3967 thousand H505 and three H7969 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the brass H5178 of the offering H8573 was seventy H7657 talents, H3603 and two thousand H505 and four H702 hundred H3967 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - If H3588 a soul H5315 commit H4603 a trespass, H4604 and sin H2398 through ignorance, H7684 in the holy things H6944 of the LORD; H3068 then he shall bring H935 for his trespass H817 unto the LORD H3068 a ram H352 without blemish H8549 out of H4480 the flocks, H6629 with thy estimation H6187 by shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 for a trespass offering: H817
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - And H1961 thy estimation H6187 shall be H1961 of the male H2145 from H1121 twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 even unto H5704 sixty H8346 years H8141 old, H1121 even H1961 thy estimation H6187 shall be H1961 fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary. H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - And if H518 it H1931 be a female, H5347 then H1961 thy estimation H6187 shall be H1961 thirty H7970 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - And if H518 it be from H1121 five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 even unto H5704 twenty H6242 years H8141 old, H1121 then H1961 thy estimation H6187 shall be H1961 of the male H2145 twenty H6242 shekels, H8255 and for the female H5347 ten H6235 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - And if H518 it be from H1121 a month H2320 old H1121 even unto H5704 five H2568 years H8141 old, H1121 then H1961 thy estimation H6187 shall be H1961 of the male H2145 five H2568 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 and for the female H5347 thy estimation H6187 shall be three H7969 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - And if H518 it be from H1121 sixty H8346 years H8141 old H1121 and above; H4605 if H518 it be a male, H2145 then H1961 thy estimation H6187 shall be H1961 fifteen H2568 H6240 shekels, H8255 and for the female H5347 ten H6235 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - And if H518 a man H376 shall sanctify H6942 unto the LORD H3068 some part of a field H7704 of his possession, H272 then H1961 thy estimation H6187 shall be H1961 according H6310 to the seed thereof: H2233 an homer H2563 of barley H8184 seed H2233 shall be valued at fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25 - And all H3605 thy estimations H6187 shall be H1961 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944 twenty H6242 gerahs H1626 shall be H1961 the shekel. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - Thou shalt even take H3947 five H2568 shekels H8255 apiece H2568 by the poll, H1538 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944 shalt thou take H3947 them: (the shekel H8255 is twenty H6242 gerahs:) H1626
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - Of H854 the firstborn H1060 of the children H1121 of Israel H3478 took he H3947 the money; H3701 a thousand H505 three H7969 hundred H3967 and H7969 threescore and H8346 five H2568 shekels, after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - And his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight thereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of H259 seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 were full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - He offered H7126 for his offering H7133 one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger H7086 of the weight of H4948 an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger H7086 of the weight of H4948 an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, a H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger H7086 of the weight of H4948 an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - His offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 charger, H7086 the weight whereof H4948 was an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944 both of them H8147 full H4392 of fine flour H5560 mingled H1101 with oil H8081 for a meat offering: H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - Each H259 charger H7086 of silver H3701 weighing an hundred and H3967 thirty H7970 shekels, each H259 bowl H4219 seventy: H7657 all H3605 the silver H3701 vessels H3627 weighed two thousand H505 and four H702 hundred H3967 shekels, after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - The H3709 golden H2091 spoons H3709 were twelve, H8147 H6240 full H4392 of incense, H7004 weighing ten H6235 shekels apiece, H6235 H3709 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary: H6944 all H3605 the gold H2091 of the spoons H3709 was an hundred and H3967 twenty H6242 shekels.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - And those that are to be redeemed H6299 from H1121 a month H2320 old H1121 shalt thou redeem, H6299 according to thine estimation, H6187 for the money H3701 of five H2568 shekels, H8255 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 which H1931 is twenty H6242 gerahs. H1626
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And H1961 all H3605 the gold H2091 of the offering H8641 that H834 they offered up H7311 to the LORD, H3068 of H854 the captains H8269 of thousands, H505 and of H853 the captains H8269 of hundreds, H3967 was H1961 sixteen H8337 H6240 thousand H505 seven H7651 hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - When I saw H7200 among the spoils H7998 a H259 goodly H2896 Babylonish H8152 garment, H155 and two hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 and H3956 a H259 wedge H3956 of gold H2091 of fifty H2572 shekels H8255 weight, H4948 then I coveted them, H2530 and took them; H3947 and, behold, they H2009 are hid H2934 in the earth H776 in the midst H8432 of my tent, H168 and the silver H3701 under it. H8478
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - And H3254 the servant H5288 answered H6030 Saul H7586 again, H3254 and said, H559 Behold, H2009 I H3027 have H4672 here at hand H3027 the fourth part H7253 of a shekel H8255 of silver: H3701 that will I give H5414 to the man H376 of God, H430 to tell H5046 us our way. H1870
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - And H3553 he had an helmet H3553 of brass H5178 upon H5921 his head, H7218 and H8302 he H1931 was armed H3847 with a coat H8302 of mail; H7193 and the weight H4948 of the coat H8302 was five H2568 thousand H505 shekels H8255 of brass. H5178
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - And the staff H6086 of his spear H2595 was like H4500 a weaver's H707 beam; H4500 and H3852 his spear's H2595 head H3852 weighed six H8337 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of iron: H1270 and one bearing H5375 a shield H6793 went H1980 before him. H6440
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - And when he polled H1548 his head, H7218 (for it was H1961 at H7093 every H3117 year's H3117 end H7093 that H834 he polled H1548 it: because H3588 the hair was heavy H3513 on him, H5921 therefore he polled it:) H1548 he weighed H8254 the hair H8181 of his head H7218 at two hundred H3967 shekels H8255 after H68 the king's H4428 weight. H68
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - And H559 the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 Araunah, H728 Nay; H3808 but H3588 I will H7069 surely H7069 buy H7069 it of thee H854 at a price: H4242 neither H3808 will I offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 unto the LORD H3068 my God H430 of that which doth cost me nothing. H2600 So H7069 David H1732 bought H7069 the threshingfloor H1637 and H853 the oxen H1241 for fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Then H559 Elisha H477 said, H559 Hear ye H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD; H3068 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 To morrow H4279 about this time H6256 shall a measure H5429 of fine flour H5560 be sold for a shekel, H8255 and two measures H5429 of barley H8184 for a shekel, H8255 in the gate H8179 of Samaria. H8111
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - And H3318 the people H5971 went out, H3318 and spoiled H962 the tents H4264 of the Syrians. H758 So H1961 a measure H5429 of fine flour H5560 was H1961 sold for a shekel, H8255 and two measures H5429 of barley H8184 for a shekel, H8255 according to the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - And it came to pass H1961 as H1696 the man H376 of God H430 had spoken H1696 to H413 the king, H4428 saying, H559 Two measures H5429 of barley H8184 for a shekel, H8255 and a measure H5429 of fine flour H5560 for a shekel, H8255 shall be H1961 to morrow H4279 about this time H6256 in the gate H8179 of Samaria: H8111
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - And H3318 Menahem H4505 exacted H3318 the money H3701 of H5921 Israel, H3478 even of H5921 all H3605 the mighty men H1368 of wealth, H2428 of H376 each H259 man H376 fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 to give H5414 to the king H4428 of Assyria. H804 So H7725 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 turned back, H7725 and H3808 stayed H5975 not H3808 there H8033 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So H5414 David H1732 gave H5414 to Ornan H771 for the place H4725 six H8337 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of gold H2091 by weight. H4948
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - And the weight H4948 of the nails H4548 was fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of gold. H2091 And H5944 he overlaid H2645 the upper chambers H5944 with gold. H2091
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the H6346 former H7223 governors H6346 that H834 had been before me H6440 were chargeable H3513 unto H5921 the people, H5971 and had taken H3947 of them H1992 bread H3899 and wine, H3196 beside H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 yea, even H1571 their servants H5288 bare rule H7980 over H5921 the people: H5971 but H589 so H3651 did H6213 not H3808 I, H589 because H6440 of the fear H3374 of God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - Also we made H5975 ordinances H4687 for us, H5921 to charge H5414 ourselves H5921 yearly H8141 with the third part H7992 of a shekel H8255 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of our God; H430

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Two-Year Plan