Lexicon :: Strong's H8255 - šeqel

“My lord, listen to me. Land worth four hundred shekels of silver ​— ​what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

“If the ox gores a male or female slave, he must give thirty shekels of silver[fn] to the slave’s master, and the ox must be stoned.

“Everyone who is registered must pay half a shekel[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel). This half shekel is a contribution to the LORD.

“The wealthy may not give more and the poor may not give less than half a shekel when giving the contribution to the LORD to atone for[fn] your lives.

“12 ¹/₂ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and a gallon[fn] of olive oil.

All the gold of the presentation offering that was used for the project in all the work on the sanctuary, was 2,193 pounds,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel.

The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds.[fn]

“If someone offends by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the LORD’s holy things,[fn] he must bring his penalty for guilt to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock (based on your assessment of its value in silver shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel) as a guilt offering.

“if the assessment concerns a male from twenty to sixty years old, your assessment is fifty silver shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

“If a man consecrates to the LORD any part of a field that he possesses, your assessment of value will be proportional to the seed needed to sow it, at the rate of fifty silver shekels for every six bushels[fn] of barley seed.[fn]

“All your assessed values will be measured by the standard sanctuary shekel,[fn] twenty gerahs to the shekel.

“collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel ​— ​twenty gerahs to the shekel.[fn]

He collected the silver from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels[fn] measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds[fn] and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds,[fn] measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

As his offering, he presented one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3 ¹/₄ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1 ³/₄ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Each silver dish weighed 3 ¹/₄ pounds,[fn] and each basin 1 ³/₄ pounds.[fn] The total weight of the silver articles was 60 pounds[fn] measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

“You will pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your assessment: five shekels[fn] of silver by the standard sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.

All the gold of the contribution they offered to the LORD, from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, was 420 pounds.[fn]

“When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon,[fn] five pounds[fn] of silver, and a bar of gold weighing a pound and a quarter,[fn] I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.”

The servant answered Saul, “Here, I have a little[fn] silver. I’ll give it to the man of God, and he will tell us which way we should go.”

and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds.[fn]

His spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed fifteen pounds.[fn] In addition, a shield-bearer was walking in front of him.

When he shaved his head ​— ​he shaved it at the end of every year because his hair got so heavy for him that he had to shave it off ​— ​he would weigh the hair from his head and it would be five pounds[fn] according to the royal standard.

The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for twenty ounces[fn] of silver.

Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at Samaria’s gate, six quarts[fn] of fine flour will sell for a half ounce of silver[fn] and twelve quarts[fn] of barley will sell for a half ounce of silver.’ ”

Then the people went out and plundered the Aramean camp. It was then that six quarts of fine flour sold for a half ounce of silver and twelve quarts of barley sold for a half ounce of silver, according to the word of the LORD.

When the man of God had said to the king, “About this time tomorrow twelve quarts of barley will sell for a half ounce of silver and six quarts of fine flour will sell for a half ounce of silver at Samaria’s gate,”

Then Menahem exacted twenty ounces[fn] of silver from each of the prominent men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.

So David gave Ornan fifteen pounds of gold[fn] for the plot.

The weight of the nails was twenty ounces[fn] of gold, and he overlaid the ceiling with gold.

The governors who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as a pound[fn] of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.

We will impose the following commands on ourselves:

To give an eighth of an ounce of silver[fn] yearly for the service of the house of our God: