שֶׁקֶל
sheqel · H8255 · Hebrew · 88 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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shekel
A weight of approximately 11.5 grams, equal to 20 gerahs and 2 bekas, with 50 shekels making up 1 mina, used for payment
ExamplesGenesis 23:15 “My lord, listen to me: a plot of land worth four hundred shekels of silver—what is that between me and you? So bury your dead.”
Genesis 23:16 Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the presence of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency acceptable to a merchant.
Exodus 21:32 “If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
31 occurrences in 3 groups
- קֹדֶשׁholiness 25
- כֶּסֶףsilver 5
- זָהָבgold 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
45 occurrences in 15 groups
- שִׁבְעִיםseventy 12
- חָמֵשׁfive 6
- חֲמִשִּׁיםfifty 6
- עֶשֶׂרten 3
- עֶשְׂרִיםtwenty 3
- אַרְבַּעfour 3
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
Named alongside itApposition
24 occurrences in 6 groups
- מִזְרָקsprinkling bowl 12
- כֶּסֶףsilver 8
- בַּרְזֶלiron 1
- זָהָבgold 1
- מִשְׁקָלweight 1
- נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
What is done to itIt is the object
14 occurrences in 5 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 8
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 3
- גָּדַלto be great, to grow up, to magnify 1
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- גֵּרָהcud 3
- יוֹםday, time 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
11 occurrences in 5 groups
- סְאָהseah 4
- מִשְׁקָלweight 3
- כֶּסֶףsilver 2
- לֶהָבָהflame 1
- נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
33 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 38
- לto/for 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
8 occurrences in 4 groups
- מַחֲצִיתhalf 4
- כֶּסֶףsilver 2
- רֶבַעfourth 1
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- δίδραχμον dídrachmon · G1323 · two-drachma piece, temple tax
- Greek δίδραχμον (didrachm, a two-drachma coin) serves as a functional equivalent for Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shekel) in LXX monetary contexts, reflecting currency conversion/correspondence between the Hebrew weight-based shekel standard and Greek coinage systems.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Weight002001001070
- This noun denotes the shekel as a standard unit of weight, as in Exodus 30:13's instruction that each person give half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8255. sheqel שֶׁ֫קֶל87 noun masculineLev 27:6 a weight, shekel (originally = weight;…
שֶׁ֫קֶל87 noun masculineLev 27:6 a weight, shekel (originally = weight; late Hebrew = coin GACookeInscr. 356); — absolute ׳שׁ Amo 8:5 +, שָׁ֑קֶל Exo 38:29 +; plural שְׁקָלִים Jos 7:21 +; construct שִׁקְלֵי 1Ch 21:25; — shekel, as standard weight Amo 8:5; of weight of bronze armour 1Sa 17:5, iron spear-head 1Sa 17:7, +2Sa 21:16b (see מִשְׁקָל), hair 2Sa 14:26, food Eze 4:10; implying value, of wedge of gold Jos 7:21 (JE); of nails in temple (gold) 2Ch 3:9; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment. or valuation) Exo 21:32 (E), Jos 7:21 (JE), 1Sa 9:8; 2Sa 24:24; 2Ki 7:1 (twice in verse); 2Ki 7:16 (twice in verse); 2Ki 7:18 (twice in verse); 2Ki 15:20; Jer 32:9; Eze 45:12 (twice in verse) (see infra), and ( = coin, from time of Darius I) Neh 5:15; Neh 10:33; Lev 5:15; Lev 27:3-4, Lev 27:5 (twice in verse) (all P), +53 t. P; also הַשּׁ ׳מַחֲצִית Exo 30:13 (twice in verse); Exo 30:15; Exo 38:26 (= בֶּקַל), all half-shekel, atonement-money; compare הַשּׁ ׳שְׁלִישִׁית Neh 10:33 one-third; also שׁ ׳רֶבַע 1Sa 9:8 one-fourth if shekel; ׳שׁ = 20 גֵּרָה (׳ג otherwise unknown) Eze 45:12; Exo 30:13; Lev 27:25; Num 3:47; Num 3:50׳שׁ = one maneh Eze 45:12 (read וַחֲמִשִּׁים for וחמשׁה [and עֶשְׂרֵה for עֲשָׂרָה preceding], ᵐ5A Boeckh Hi-Sm Co Toy Da Krae Berthol); ׳שׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Exo 30:13, Exo 30:24; Lev 5:15; Num 3:47, Num 3:50; Num 7:13 Num 7:21t. P; land estimated in ׳שׁ of gold 1Ch 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 3-Febgrams Troy (or 126 1/3), modern equivalent approximately £2 1S., or $10; (2) silver, 224 2-Jangrams (nearly 1/2 ounce) = ׳שׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ (see above), or 112 1/4, modern equivalent approximately 2s. 9d., or 67 with; ׳שׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּאֶבֶן 2Sa 14:26 is dubious; if late (Bu HPS Löhr Now) it probably reference to a Babylonian or Persian scale (compare S-Cpap מלכא באבני often); 60 (or 50) ׳שׁ = 1 mina, 60 minas= 1 talent(see מָנֶה ,כִּכָּר). See especially ARSKHast. DB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,and MONEY.
תְּקֵל noun [masculine] shekel (see Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל; תִּקְלָא ᵑ7); — absolute ׳ת Dan 5:25, Dan 5:27; see מְנֵא and references
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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