BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8255
she.qel — shekel
1) shekel 1a) the chief unit of weight or measure 1a1) gold-1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains 1a2) silver-1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains 1a3) copper-1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains Aramaic equivalent: te.qel (תְּקֵל "shekel" H8625B)
52 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6310
peh — lip
: lip/mouth peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21
443 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3701
ke.seph — silver: money
: money/payment/silver 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents
333 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7819
sha.chat — to slaughter
v 1) to kill, slaughter, beat 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slaughter 1a1a) beast for food 1a1b) sacrifice 1a1c) person in human sacrifice 1a1d) beaten, hammered (of shekels) 1b) (Niphal) to be slaughtered, be slain (of food or sacrifice) Also means: sha.chat (שָׁחוּט "beaten" H7820)
64 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G694
argurion — money
ἀργύριον, -ου, τό (ἄργυρος), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף (Gen.13:2, al.), exc. La 4:1 (כֶּתֶם) ;] prop., a piece of silver (Lft., Notes, 191); in NT, (a) silver: Act.3:6 7:16 19:19 20:33, 1Co.3:12, 1Pe.1:18; (b) money: Mat.25:18, 27, Mrk.14:11, Luk.9:3 19:15, 23 22:5, Act.8:20; (with) a silver coin: p1., Mat.26:15 27:3-6, 9 28:12, 15, where the value is that of a shekel or tetradrachm; ἀργυρίου μυριάδες πέντε (prob. drachmas; MM, see word), Act.19:19.† (AS)
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3414
mna — mina
μνᾶ, -ᾶς, ἡ (a Semitic word; cf. Heb. מָנֶה, Aram. מְנֵא, a weight and a sum of money = 100 shekels, cf. 3Ki.10:17), a mina (Let.), mna, in Attic a weight and sum of money = 100 δραχμαί (which see) : Luk.19:13, 16 19:18, 20 19:24-25.† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1626
ge.rah — gerah
gerah, a weight, a 20th part of a shekel, equal to the weight of 16 barley grains or 4 to 5 carob beans
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4488
ma.neh — mina
1) maneh, mina, pound 1a) 60 shekels and 1/50 talent (of silver) 1a1) 1/60 talent in early Babylonian standard 1b) 100 shekels and 1/100 talent (of gold) Aramaic equivalent: me.ne (מְנֵא "mina" H4484)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1235
be.qa — bekah
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.
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4484
me.ne — mina
1) (P'al) mina, maneh 1a) a weight or measurement; usually 50 shekels but maybe 60 shekels
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1323
didrachmos — two-drachma
δίδραχμος, -ον (δίς, δραχμή), worth two drachmae; τὸ δ. (sc. νόμισμα, coin), [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶל (Gen.23:15, a1.), also for כֶּסֶף: Gen.20:16, Deu.22:29 ;] a double drachma, nearly equal to the Jewish half-shekel, the amount of the Temple tax: Mat.17:24 (DB, iii, 428).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9079
siklos — a shekel
a shekel
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Weight, the common standard both of weight and value among the Hebrews. It is estimated at 220 English grains, or a little more than half an ounce avoirdupois. The “shekel of the sanctuary” (Ex. 30:13; Num. 3:47) was equal to twenty gerahs (Ezek. 45:12). There were shekels of gold (1 Chr. 21:25), of silver (1 Sam. 9:8), of brass (17:5), and of iron (7). When it became a coined piece of money, the shekel of gold was equivalent to about 2 pound of our money. Six gold shekels, according to the later Jewish system, were equal in value to fifty silver ones. The temple contribution, with which the public sacrifices were bought (Ex. 30:13; 2 Chr. 24:6), consisted of one common shekel, or a sanctuary half-shekel, equal to two Attic drachmas. The coin, a stater (q.v.), which Peter found in the fish’s mouth paid this contribution for both him and Christ (Matt. 17:24, 27). A zuza, or quarter of a shekel, was given by Saul to Samuel (1 Sam. 9:8).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
