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Lexicon :: Strong's H8255 - šeqel

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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, listen to me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels[fn] of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver that he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels[fn] of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel[fn] according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs),[fn] half a shekel as an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD’s offering to make atonement for your lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and 500 of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin[fn] of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels,[fn] by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka[fn] a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - “If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the LORD, he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued[fn] in silver shekels,[fn] according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels[fn] of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - “If a man dedicates to the LORD part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer[fn] of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25 - Every valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs[fn] shall make a shekel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - you shall take five shekels[fn] per head; you shall take them according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs[fn]),

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, 1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels,[fn] one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - He offered for his offering one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:79

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - each silver plate weighing 130 shekels and each basin 70, all the silver of the vessels 2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:86

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - the twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing 10 shekels apiece according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes being 120 shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels[fn] in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the gold of the contribution that they presented to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - when I saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels,[fn] then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - The servant answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel[fn] of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels[fn] of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron. And his shield-bearer went before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels[fn] by the king’s weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels[fn] of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the LORD, Tomorrow about this time a seah[fn] of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel,[fn] and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - For when the man of God had said to the king, “Two seahs of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria,”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels[fn] of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David paid Ornan 600 shekels[fn] of gold by weight for the site.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.[fn] And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration[fn] forty shekels[fn] of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - “We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly a third part of a shekel[fn] for the service of the house of our God:

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