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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
Dictionary Aids

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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - 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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - The man H376 said H559 to Joab, H3097 “Even if H3863 I should receive H8254 a thousand H505 pieces of silver H3701 in my hand, H3709 I would not put H7971 out my hand H3027 against H413 the king’s H4428 son; H1121 for in our hearing H241 the king H4428 charged H6680 you and Abishai H52 and Ittai, H863 saying, H559 ‘[fn]Protect H8104 for me the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom!’ H53

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - As the king H4428 passed H5674 by, he cried H6817 to the king H4428 and said, H559 “Your servant H5650 went H3318 out into the midst H7130 of the battle; H4421 and behold, H2009 a man H376 turned H5493 aside H5493 and brought H935 a man H376 to me and said, H559 ‘Guard H8104 this H2088 man; H376 if H518 for any H6485 reason H6485 he is missing, H6485 then your life H5315 shall be for his life, H5315 or H176 else you shall pay H8254 a talent H3603 of silver.’ H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:25 - and I weighed H8254 out to them the silver, H3701 the gold H2091 and the utensils, H3627 the offering H8641 for the house H1004 of our God H430 which the king H4428 and his counselors H3289 and his princes H8269 and all H3605 Israel H3478 present H4672 there had offered. H7311

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - Thus I weighed H8254 into their hands H3027 650 H8337 H3967 H2572 talents H3603 of silver, H3701 and silver H3701 utensils H3627 worth 100 H3967 talents, H3603 and 100 H3967 gold H2091 talents, H3603

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:29 - “Watch H8245 and keep H8104 them until H5704 you weigh H8254 them before H6440 the leading H8269 priests, H3548 the Levites H3881 and the heads H8269 of the fathers’ H1 households of Israel H3478 at Jerusalem, H3389 in the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of the LORD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - On the fourth H7243 day H3117 the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 and the utensils H3627 were weighed H8254 out in the house H1004 of our God H430 into the hand H3027 of Meremoth H4822 the son H1121 of Uriah H223 the priest, H3548 and with him was Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Phinehas; H6372 and with them were the Levites, H3881 Jozabad H3107 the son H1121 of Jeshua H3091 and Noadiah H5129 the son H1121 of Binnui. H1131

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If H518 it is pleasing H2895 to the king, H4428 let it be [fn]decreed H3789 that they be destroyed, H6 and I will pay H8254 ten H6235 thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 into the hands H3027 of those who carry H6213 on the king’s business, H4399 to put H935 into the king’s treasuries.” H1595

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - Mordecai H4782 told H5046 him all H3605 that had happened H7136 to him, and the exact H6575 amount H6575 of money H3701 that Haman H2001 had promised H559 to pay H8254 to the king’s H4428 treasuries H1595 for the destruction H6 of the Jews. H3064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - “Oh H3863 that my grief H3708 were actually H8254 weighed H8254
And laid H5375 in the balances H3976 together H3162 with my calamity! H1942

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:15 - “Pure H5462 gold H5458 cannot H3808 be given H5414 in exchange H8478 for it,
Nor H3808 can silver H3701 be weighed H8254 as its price. H4242

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 - Let Him weigh H8254 me with [fn]accurate H6664 scales, H3976
And let God H433 know H3045 my integrity. H8538

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Your heart H3820 will meditate H1897 on terror: H367
“Where H346 is he who counts? H5608
Where H346 is he who weighs? H8254
Where H346 is he who counts H5608 the towers?” H4026

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who H4310 has measured H4058 the [fn]waters H4325 in the hollow H8168 of His hand, H8168
And marked H8505 off H8505 the heavens H8064 by the [fn]span, H2239
And [fn]calculated H3557 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 by the measure, H7991
And weighed H8254 the mountains H2022 in a balance H6425
And the hills H1389 in a pair of scales? H3976

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - “Those who lavish H2107 gold H2091 from the purse H3599
And weigh H8254 silver H3701 on the scale H7070
Hire H7936 a goldsmith, H6884 and he makes H6213 it into a god; H410
They bow H5456 down, H5456 indeed H637 they worship H7812 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:2 - “Why H4100 do you [fn]spend H8254 money H3701 for what is not bread, H3899
And your wages H3018 for what H7654 does not satisfy? H7654
Listen H8085 carefully H8085 to Me, and eat H398 what H2896 is good, H2896
And delight H6026 yourself H5315 in abundance. H1880

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:9 - “I bought H7069 the field H7704 which H834 was at Anathoth H6068 from Hanamel H2601 my uncle’s H1730 son, H1121 and I weighed H8254 out the silver H3701 for him, seventeen H7651 H6235 shekels H8255 of silver. H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - “I [fn]signed H3789 and sealed H2856 the deed, H5612 and called H5749 in witnesses, H5707 and weighed H8254 out the silver H3701 on the scales. H3976

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - I said H559 to them, “If H518 it is good H2896 in your sight, H5869 give H3051 me my wages; H7939 but if H518 not, [fn]never H2308 mind!” H2308 So they weighed H8254 out thirty H7970 shekels of silver H3701 as my wages. H7939
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