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Lexicon :: Strong's H8255 - šeqel

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שֶׁקֶל
Transliteration
šeqel
Pronunciation
sheh'-kel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2454a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁקֶל sheqel, sheh'-kel; from H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard:—shekel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x

The KJV translates Strong's H8255 in the following manner: shekel (88x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 88x
The KJV translates Strong's H8255 in the following manner: shekel (88x).

  1. shekel

    1. the chief unit of weight or measure

      1. gold - 1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains

      2. silver - 1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains

      3. copper - 1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁקֶל sheqel, sheh'-kel; from H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard:—shekel.
STRONGS H8255: Abbreviations
שֶׁ֫קֶל 87 noun masculineLeviticus 27:6 a weight, shekel (originally = weight; late Hebrew = coin GACookeInscr. 356); — absolute שׁ׳ Amos 8:5 +, שָׁ֑קֶל Exodus 38:29 +; plural שְׁקָלִים Joshua 7:21 +; construct שִׁקְלֵי 1 Chronicles 21:25; — shekel, as standard weight Amos 8:5; of weight of bronze armour 1 Samuel 17:5, iron spear-head 1 Samuel 17:7, +2 Samuel 21:16b (see מִשְׁקָל), hair 2 Samuel 14:26, food Ezekiel 4:10; implying value, of wedge of gold Joshua 7:21 (JE); of nails in temple (gold) 2 Chronicles 3:9; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment. or valuation) Exodus 21:32 (E), Joshua 7:21 (JE), 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 24:24; 2 Kings 7:1 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:16 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 15:20; Jeremiah 32:9; Ezekiel 45:12 (twice in verse) (see infra), and (= coin, from time of Darius I) Nehemiah 5:15; Nehemiah 10:33; Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 27:3, 4, 5 (twice in verse) (all P), +53 times P; also מַחֲצִית הַשּׁ׳ Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 30:15; Exodus 38:26 (= בֶּקַל), all half-shekel, atonement-money; compare שְׁלִישִׁית הַשּׁ׳ Nehemiah 10:33 one-third; also רֶבַע שׁ׳ 1 Samuel 9:8 one-fourth if shekel; שׁ׳ = 20 גֵּרָה (ג׳ otherwise unknown) Ezekiel 45:12; Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47; 50שׁ׳ = one maneh Ezekiel 45:12 (read וַחֲמִשִּׁים for וחמשׁה [and עֶשְׂרֵה for עֲשָׂרָה preceding], Greek Version of the LXXA Boeckh Hi-Sm Co Toy Da Krae Berthol); הַקֹּדֶשׁ שׁ׳ Exodus 30:13, 24; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 3:47, 50; Numbers 7:13 + 21 times P; land estimated in שׁ׳ of gold 1 Chronicles 21:25; שׂ׳ also often omitted after number — שׁ׳ was of two standards, one one-half the other; actual weights (and values) varied, but most persistent were:
(1) gold, 252 2/3-grams Troy (or 126 1/3), modern equivalent approximately £2 1S., or $10;
(2) silver, 224 1/2-grams (nearly 1/2 ounce) = הַקֹּדֶשׁ שׁ׳ (see above), or 112 1/4, modern equivalent approximately 2s. 9d., or 67 with; בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 is dubious; if late (Bu HPS Löhr Now) it probably reference to a Babylonian or Persian scale (compare S-Cpap באבני מלכא often); 60 (or 50) שׁ׳ = 1 mina, 60 minas= 1 talent(see מָנֶה,כִּכָּר). See especially ARSKHast. DB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,and MONEY.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8625.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:32; 30:13; 30:13; 30:13; 30:15; 30:24; 38:26; 38:29

Leviticus

5:15; 5:15; 27:3; 27:4; 27:5; 27:6; 27:25

Numbers

3:47; 3:47; 3:50; 7:13

Joshua

7:21; 7:21; 7:21

1 Samuel

9:8; 9:8; 17:5; 17:7

2 Samuel

14:26; 14:26; 21:16; 24:24

2 Kings

7:1; 7:16; 7:18; 15:20

1 Chronicles

21:25; 21:25

2 Chronicles

3:9

Nehemiah

5:15; 10:33; 10:33

Jeremiah

32:9

Ezekiel

4:10; 45:12; 45:12; 45:12

Amos

8:5; 8:5

H8255

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Strong's Number H8255 matches the Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šeqel),
which occurs 88 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 23:15–Neh 10:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - 'My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it? -- thy dead bury.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - 'If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - 'This they do give, every one passing over unto those numbered, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs); half a shekel is the heave-offering to Jehovah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - the rich doth not multiply, and the poor doth not diminish from the half-shekel, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - All the gold which is prepared for the work in all the work of the sanctuary (and it is the gold of the wave-offering) is twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - And the silver of those numbered of the company is a hundred talents, and a thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a bekah for a poll (half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary,) for every one who is passing over unto those numbered, from a son of twenty years and upwards, for six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - And the brass of the wave-offering is seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - 'When a person committeth a trespass, and hath sinned through ignorance against the holy things of Jehovah, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation in silver -- shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary -- for a guilt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:4 - And if it is a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - and if from a son of a month even unto a son of five years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation is three shekels of silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:7 - and if from a son of sixty years and above -- if a male, then hath thy valuation been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - 'And if of the field of his possession a man sanctify to Jehovah, then hath thy valuation been according to its seed; a homer of barley-seed at fifty shekels of silver;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:25 - And all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll -- by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel is;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:50

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:50 - from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five -- by the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - And his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - He hath brought near his offering, one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:61

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:73

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:79

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - a hundred and thirty shekels each silver dish, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels is two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:86

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - Golden spoons are twelve, full of perfume; ten shekels each spoon, by the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the spoons is a hundred and twenty shekels;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:16 - 'And their ransomed ones from a son of a month, thou dost ransom with thy valuation, of silver, five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs it is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight is fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they are hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - And the young man addeth to answer Saul, and saith, 'Lo, there is found with me a fourth of a shekel of silver: and I have given to the man of God, and he hath declared to us our way.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - and a helmet of brass is on his head, and with a scaled coat of mail he is clothed, and the weight of the coat of mail is five thousand shekels of brass,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - and the wood of his spear is like a beam of weavers', and the flame of his spear is six hundred shekels of iron, and the bearer of the buckler is going before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - and in his polling his head -- and it hath been at the end of year by year that he polleth it, for it is heavy on him, and he hath polled it -- he hath even weighed out the hair of his head -- two hundred shekels by the king's weight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - And the king saith unto Araunah, 'Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - And Elisha saith, 'Hear ye a word of Jehovah: thus said Jehovah, About this time to-morrow, a measure of fine flour is at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - yea, it cometh to pass, according to the speaking of the man of God unto the king, saying, 'Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are, at this time to-morrow, in the gate of Samaria;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - And Menahem bringeth out the silver from Israel, from all the mighty men of wealth, to give to the king of Asshur, fifty shekels of silver for each one, and the king of Asshur turneth back and hath not stayed there in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - And David giveth to Ornan for the place shekels of gold in weight six hundred;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - and the weight of the nails is fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - the former governors who are before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people -- and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - And we have appointed for ourselves commands, to put on ourselves the third of a shekel in a year, for the service of the house of our God,

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