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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - When the camels had done drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half shekel, and two bracelets for her arms weighing ten gold shekels,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for every one who was numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
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