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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - "Hear me, my lord. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth - 400 pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered is to pay this: a half shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the LORD, to make atonement for your lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary (namely, the gold of the wave offering) was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver of those who were numbered of the community was one hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,550 in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - "When a person commits a trespass and sins by straying unintentionally from the regulations about the Lord's holy things, then he must bring his penalty for guilt to the LORD, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, for a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - the conversion value of the male from twenty years old up to sixty years old is fifty shekels by the standard of the sanctuary shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the conversion value of the male is twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - If the person is one month old up to five years old, the conversion value of the male is five shekels of silver, and for the female the conversion value is three shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - If the person is from sixty years old and older, if he is a male the conversion value is fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - "'If a man consecrates to the LORD some of his own landed property, the conversion value must be calculated in accordance with the amount of seed needed to sow it, a homer of barley seed being priced at fifty shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25 - Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs to the shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs).

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - He offered for his offering one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - Each silver platter weighed 130 shekels, and each silver sprinkling bowl weighed 70 shekels. All the silver of the vessels weighed 2,400 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - The twelve gold pans full of incense weighed 10 shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the pans weighed 120 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - And those that must be redeemed you are to redeem when they are a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of silver according to the sanctuary shekel (which is twenty gerahs).

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - All the gold of the offering they offered up to the LORD from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - The servant went on to answer Saul, "Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer was walking before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - When he would shave his head - at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long and he would shave it - he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds according to the king's weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - But the king said to Araunah, "No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the LORD had said they would.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - The prophet told the king, "Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God,

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