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Lexicon :: Strong's H8254 - šāqal

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שָׁקַל
Transliteration
šāqal
Pronunciation
shaw-kal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2454

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַל shâqal, shaw-kal'; a primitive root; to suspend or poise (especially in trade):—pay, receive(-r), spend, × throughly, weigh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H8254 in the following manner: weigh (14x), pay (4x), throughly (1x), receive (1x), receiver (1x), spend (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H8254 in the following manner: weigh (14x), pay (4x), throughly (1x), receive (1x), receiver (1x), spend (1x).

  1. to weigh, weigh out, pay out

    1. (Qal)

      1. to weigh

      2. to weigh out (a price)

      3. of grief (fig)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be weighed

      2. to be weighed out

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַל shâqal, shaw-kal'; a primitive root; to suspend or poise (especially in trade):—pay, receive(-r), spend, × throughly, weigh.
STRONGS H8254: Abbreviations
† שָׁקַל verb weigh (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb105301 be heavy, bdb105302 heaviness, weight, bdb105303 load, Old Aramaic תקל weigh, Aramaic תְּקַל, bdb105304 (weigh), pay, תִּקְלָא shekel, but also (Old Aramaic, Zinjirli) שקל, שקלן Lzb382; bdb105305 lift up; Assyrian šaḳâlu, weigh, šiḳlu (apparently) = שֶׁקֶל; Ethiopic bdb105306 hand up, weigh; Phoenician משקל weight; compare Frä202, also Greek σίγλος (Greek Version of the LXX σίκλος) LagM ii. 357 LewyFramdw. 118 f.; — on connection of meanings compare weigh transitive and intransitive = German wägen, wiegen, also heave, heavy, heft (= weight, obs. or colloq.)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26; Isaiah 40:12; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁקִל Exodus 22:16, suffix יִשְׁקְלֵ֫נִי Job 31:6, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁקוֺל Job 6:2; construct לִשְׁקוֺל Esther 4:7; Participle active שֹׁקֵל Isaiah 33:18; 2 Samuel 18:12 read perhaps passive שָׁקֻל, see infra, —
1. weigh, human subject, accusative of thing 2 Samuel 14:26; Isaiah 46:6 (ב of scale); figurative, י׳ subject Isaiah 40:12 also (accusative of person) Job 31:6 (both with ב of scale); compare Infinitive absolute below Niph.; weigh precious metals intrusted to one, ל person Ezra 8:25, עַליָֿדָם Ezra 8:26, accusative of thing omitted Ezra 8:29 (לִפְנֵי of superior).
2. weigh out a price (i.e. pay): accusative of silver Exodus 22:16 (E), 1 Kings 20:39; Zechariah 11:12; Jeremiah 32:10 (ב of scale), Isaiah 55:2 (with ב, in exchange for); +ל person Jeremiah 32:9; Genesis 23:16 (P); + עַל־כַּפַּי 2 Samuel 18:12 (read perhaps שָׁקֻל, so We KitKau Bu Buhl), עַליְֿדֵי פ׳ Esther 3:9, עַלגִּֿנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Esther 4:7
Niph. be weighed:
1. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁקַל, subject of thing Ezra 8:33 (passive of Qal Ezra 8:25f.); Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular figurative (+ Qal Infinitive absolute), לוּ שָׁקוֺל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי Job 6:2.
2. be weighted out, as price, Job 28:15.

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

Genesis

23:16

Exodus

22:16; 22:16

2 Samuel

14:26; 14:26; 18:12; 18:12

1 Kings

20:39

Ezra

8:25; 8:25; 8:26; 8:29; 8:33

Esther

3:9; 4:7; 4:7

Job

6:2; 6:2; 28:15; 31:6; 31:6

Isaiah

33:18; 40:12; 40:12; 46:6; 55:2

Jeremiah

32:9; 32:10

Zechariah

11:12

H8254

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Strong's Number H8254 matches the Hebrew שָׁקַל (šāqal),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And Abraam hearkened to Ephron, and Abraam rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Chet, four hundred didrachms of silver approved with merchants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - (LXX 22:16) And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay [fn]compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - And when he polled his head, (and it was [fn]at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew heavy upon him,) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - And the man said to Joab, Were I even to [fn]receive a thousand shekels of silver, I would not lift my hand against the king's son; for in our ears the king charged thee and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Take care of the young man Abessalom for me,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - (LXX 21:39) And it came to pass as the king passed by, that he cried aloud to the king, and said, Thy servant went out to war, and, behold, a man brought another man to me, and said to me, Keep this man; and if he should by any means escape, then thy [fn]life shall go for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - Be watchful and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - And it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - And Mardochæus shewed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:15 - One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 - (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counsellors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make [fn]idols, and bow down, and worship them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:2 - Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and give your labour [fn]for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:9 - (LXX 39:9) And I bought the field of Anameel the son of my father's brother, and I weighed him seventeen shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - (LXX 39:10) And I wrote it in a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I will say to them, If it be good in your eyes, give me my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
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