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Lexicon :: Strong's H1235 - beqaʿ

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בֶּקַע
Transliteration
beqaʿ
Pronunciation
beh'-kah
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 271a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּקַע beqaʻ, beh'-kah; from H1234; a section (half) of a shekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin):—bekah, half a shekel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H1235 in the following manner: half a shekel (1x), bekah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H1235 in the following manner: half a shekel (1x), bekah (1x).

  1. half, part also called "shekel of the sanctuary" or "holy shekel"

  2. half a shekel (meton) There appears to be at least three different shekels, one of silver, gold and copper. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment of the subject.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּקַע beqaʻ, beh'-kah; from H1234; a section (half) of a shekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin):—bekah, half a shekel.
STRONGS H1235: Abbreviations
† בֶּ֫קַע noun [masculine] fraction, half, i.e. half-shekel, a weight; בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֺ Genesis 24:22, compare Hesychius in LagGes. Abh 199, 1. 18 βακαίον [Lag βέκαον] μέρον τι; see also בֶּקַע Exodus 38:26 (= מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:22

Exodus

38:26

H1235

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1235 matches the Hebrew בֶּקַע (beqaʿ),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 -

As the camels finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing ten shekels of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 -

one-fifth of an ounce[fn] per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men.

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