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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 listen H8085 to me; a piece of land H776 worth four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 what H4100 is that between H996 me and you? So bury H6912 your dead.” H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - Abraham H85 listened H8085 to Ephron; H6085 and Abraham H85 weighed H8254 out for Ephron H6085 the silver H3701 which H834 he had named H1696 in the [fn]hearing H241 of the sons H1121 of Heth, H2845 four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 [fn]commercial H5503 standard. H5674
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - “If H518 the ox H7794 gores H5055 a male H5650 or H176 female H519 slave, H519 H5650 [fn]the owner shall give H5414 his or her master H113 thirty H7970 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 and the ox H7794 shall be stoned. H5619
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - “This H2088 is what everyone H3605 who [fn]is numbered H6485 shall give: H5414 half H4276 a shekel H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944 (the shekel H8255 is twenty H6242 gerahs), H1626 half H4276 a shekel H8255 as a [fn]contribution H8641 to the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - “The rich H6223 shall not pay H7235 more H7235 and the poor H1800 shall not pay H4591 less H4591 than H4480 the half H4276 shekel, H8255 when you give H5414 the [fn]contribution H8641 to the LORD H3068 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for [fn]yourselves. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of cassia H6916 five H2568 hundred, H3967 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 and of olive H2132 oil H8081 a hin. H1969
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All H3605 the gold H2091 that was used H6213 for the work, H4399 in all H3605 the work H4399 of the sanctuary, H6944 even the gold H2091 of the wave H8573 offering, H8573 was 29 H8672 H6242 talents H3603 and 730 H7651 H3967 H7970 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary. H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver H3701 of those of the congregation H5712 who were [fn]numbered H6485 was 100 H3967 talents H3603 and 1,775 H505 H7651 H3967 H2568 H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka H1235 a head H1538 (that is, half H4276 a shekel H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary), H6944 for each H3605 one H3605 who passed H5674 over H5674 to those who were [fn]numbered, H6485 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 for 603,550 H8337 H3967 H505 H7969 H505 H2568 H3967 H2572 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze H5178 of the wave H8573 offering H8573 was 70 H7657 talents H3603 and 2,400 H505 H702 H3967 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - “If H3588 a person H5315 acts H4603 unfaithfully H4604 and sins H2398 unintentionally H7684 against H4480 the LORDS H3068 holy H6944 things, H6944 then he shall bring H935 his guilt H817 offering H817 to the LORD: H3068 a ram H352 without H8549 defect H8549 from the flock, H6629 according to your valuation H6187 in silver H3701 by shekels, H8255 in terms of the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 for a guilt H817 offering. H817
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - ‘If your valuation H6187 is of the male H2145 from twenty H6242 years H8141 even to sixty H8346 years H8141 old, H1121 then your valuation H6187 shall be fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary. H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - ‘Or if H518 it is a female, H5347 then your valuation H6187 shall be thirty H7970 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - ‘If H518 it be from five H2568 years H8141 even to twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 then your valuation H6187 for the male H2145 shall be twenty H6242 shekels H8255 and for the female H5347 ten H6235 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - ‘But if H518 they are from a month H2320 even up to five H2568 years H8141 old, H1121 then your valuation H6187 shall be five H2568 shekels H8255 of silver H3701 for the male, H2145 and for the female H5347 your valuation H6187 shall be three H7969 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - ‘If H518 they are from sixty H8346 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 if H518 it is a male, H2145 then your valuation H6187 shall be fifteen H2568 H6240 shekels, H8255 and for the female H5347 ten H6235 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - ‘Again, if H518 a man H376 consecrates H6942 to the LORD H3068 part of the fields H7704 of his own property, H272 then your valuation H6187 shall be [fn]proportionate H6310 to the seed H2233 needed for it: a homer H2563 of barley H8184 seed H2233 at fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25 - ‘Every H3605 valuation H6187 of yours, moreover, shall be after the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary. H6944 The shekel H8255 shall be twenty H6242 gerahs. H1626
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - you shall take H3947 five H2568 shekels H8255 apiece, H2568 per head; H1538 you shall take H3947 them in terms of the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary H6944 (the shekel H8255 is twenty H6242 [fn]gerahs), H1626
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the firstborn H1060 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 he took H3947 the money H3701 in terms of the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 1,365. H2568 H8346 H7969 H3067 H505
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - and his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 [fn]dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to [fn]the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - he presented H7126 as his offering H7133 one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one H3967 hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - his offering H7133 was one H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 whose weight H4948 was one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels, one H259 silver H3701 bowl H4219 of seventy H7657 shekels, H8255 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 both H8147 of them full H4392 of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 for a grain offering; H4503
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - each H259 silver H3701 dish H7086 weighing one hundred H3967 and thirty H7970 shekels and each H259 bowl H4219 seventy; H7657 all H3605 the silver H3701 of the utensils H3627 was 2,400 H505 H702 H3967 shekels, according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary; H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - the twelve H8147 H6240 gold H2091 pans, H3709 full H4392 of incense, H7004 weighing ten H6235 shekels apiece, H6235 according to the shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 all H3605 the gold H2091 of the pans H3709 120 H6242 H3967 shekels;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - “As to their redemption H6299 price, H6299 from a month H2320 old H1121 you shall redeem H6299 them, by your valuation, H6187 five H2568 [fn]shekels H8255 in silver, H3701 according to the [fn]shekel H8255 of the sanctuary, H6944 which H1931 is twenty H6242 gerahs. H1626
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - All H3605 the gold H2091 of the offering H8641 which H834 they offered H7311 up to the LORD, H3068 from the captains H8269 of thousands H505 and the captains H8269 of hundreds, H3967 was 16,750 H8337 H6240 H505 H7651 H3967 H2572 shekels. H8255
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - when I saw H7200 among the spoil H7998 a beautiful H2896 mantle H155 from Shinar H8152 and two hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver H3701 and a bar H3956 of gold H2091 fifty H2572 shekels H8255 in weight, H4948 then I coveted H2530 them and took H3947 them; and behold, H2009 they are concealed H2934 in the earth H776 inside H8432 my tent H168 with the silver H3701 underneath H8478 it.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - The servant H5288 answered H6030 Saul H7586 again H3254 and said, H559 “Behold, H2009 I have H4672 in my hand H3027 a fourth H7253 of a shekel H8255 of silver; H3701 I will give H5414 it to the man H376 of God H430 and he will tell H5046 us our way.” H1870
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a bronze H5178 helmet H3553 on his head, H7218 and he was clothed H3847 with scale-armor H7193 [fn]which weighed H4948 five H2568 thousand H505 shekels H8255 of bronze. H5178
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The shaft H2671 of his spear H2595 was like a weaver’s H707 beam, H4500 and the head H3852 of his spear H2595 weighed six H8337 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of iron; H1270 his shield-carrier H6793 H5375 also walked H1980 before H6440 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - When he cut H1548 the hair of his head H7218 (and it was at the end H7093 of every year H3117 that he cut H1548 it, for it was heavy H3515 on him so he cut H1548 it), he weighed H8254 the hair H8181 of his head H7218 at 200 H3967 shekels H8255 by the king’s H4428 weight. H68
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - However, the king H4428 said H559 to Araunah, H728 “No, H3808 but I will surely H7069 buy H7069 it from you for a price, H4242 for I will not offer H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 to the LORD H3068 my God H430 [fn]which H2600 cost H2600 me nothing.” H2600 So David H1732 bought H7069 the threshing H1637 floor H1637 and the oxen H1241 for fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Then Elisha H477 said, H559 “Listen H8085 to the word H1697 of the LORD; H3068 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 ‘Tomorrow H4279 about this time H6256 a [fn]measure H5429 of fine H5560 flour H5560 will 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 - So the people H5971 went H3318 out and plundered H962 the camp H4264 of the Arameans. H758 Then a [fn]measure H5429 of fine H5560 flour H5560 was sold for a shekel H8255 and two [fn]measures H5429 of barley H8184 for a shekel, H8255 according to the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - It happened H1961 just as the man H376 of God H430 had spoken H1696 to the king, H4428 saying, H559 “Two [fn]measures H5429 of barley H8184 for a shekel H8255 and a [fn]measure H5429 of fine H5560 flour H5560 for a shekel, H8255 will be sold tomorrow H4279 about this time H6256 at the gate H8179 of Samaria.” H8111
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Then Menahem H4505 exacted H3318 the money H3701 from Israel, H3478 even from all H3605 the mighty H1368 men H1368 of wealth, H2428 from each H259 man H376 fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of silver H3701 to pay H5414 the king H4428 of Assyria. H804 So the king H4428 of Assyria H804 returned H7725 and did not remain H5975 there H8033 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David H1732 gave H5414 Ornan H771 600 H8337 H3967 shekels H8255 of gold H2091 by weight H4948 for the [fn]site. H4725
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - The weight H4948 of the nails H4548 was fifty H2572 shekels H8255 of gold. H2091 He also overlaid H2645 the upper H5944 rooms H5944 with gold. H2091
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the former H7223 governors H6346 who H834 were before H6440 me [fn]laid H3513 burdens H3513 on the people H5971 and took H3947 from them bread H3899 and wine H3196 besides H310 forty H705 shekels H8255 of silver; H3701 even H1571 their servants H5288 domineered H7980 the people. H5971 But I did not do H6213 so H3651 because H4480 H6440 of the fear H3374 of God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - We also [fn]placed H5975 ourselves under H5921 obligation H4687 to contribute H5414 yearly H8141 one third H7992 of a shekel H8255 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of our God: H430

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