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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

H8255

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - And this is what they are to give; let every man who is numbered give half a shekel, by the scale of the holy place: (the shekel being valued at twenty gerahs:) this money is an offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - The man of wealth is to give no more and the poor man no less than the half-shekel of silver, when the offering is made to the Lord as the price for your lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - And of cassia, five hundred shekels' weight measured by the scale of the holy place, and of olive oil a hin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - And you will put the value of a male from twenty years to sixty years old at fifty shekels of silver, by the scale of the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - And if the person is from five to twenty years old, the value will be twenty shekels for a male, and ten for a female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - And if the person is from one month to five years old, then the value for a male will be five shekels of silver, and for a female three shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - And for sixty years old and over, for a male the value will be fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - And if a man gives to the Lord part of the field which is his property, then let your value be in relation to the seed which is planted in it; a measure of barley grain will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25 - And let all your values be based on the shekel of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - And his offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - He gave one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - His offering was one silver plate; a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - The weight of every silver plate was a hundred and thirty shekels, and of every basin seventy; the weight of all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - The weight of the twelve gold spoons of spice for burning was ten shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place; all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - When I saw among their goods a fair robe of Babylon and two hundred shekels of silver, and a mass of gold, fifty shekels in weight, I was overcome by desire and took them; and they are put away in the earth in my tent, and the silver is under it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - And he had a head-dress of brass on his head, and he was dressed in a coat of metal, the weight of which was five thousand shekels of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair;) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will give you a price for it; I will not give to the Lord my God burned offerings for which I have given nothing. So David got the grain-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - And Menahem got the money from Israel, from all the men of wealth, fifty silver shekels from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria went back without stopping in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - And fifty shekels weight of gold was used for the nails. He had all the higher rooms plated with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - And we made rules for ourselves, taxing ourselves a third of a shekel every year for the upkeep of the house of our God;

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