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)
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H8255 — שֶׁ֫קֶל
she.qel · shekel · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 23:15 · שֶֽׁקֶל־My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.Genesis 23:16 · שֶׁ֣קֶלAnd Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.Exodus 21:32 · שְׁקָלִ֗יםIf the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.Exodus 30:13 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל · הַשֶּׁ֔קֶלThis they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.Exodus 30:15 · הַשָּׁ֑קֶלThe rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.Exodus 30:24 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלAnd of cassia five hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:Exodus 38:24 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלAll the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy [place], even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.Exodus 38:25 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלAnd the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation [was] an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:Exodus 38:26 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלA bekah for every man, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men].Exodus 38:29 · שָֽׁקֶל׃And the brass of the offering [was] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.Leviticus 5:15 · שְׁקָלִ֥ים · בְּשֶֽׁקֶל־If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:Leviticus 27:3 · שֶׁ֥קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלAnd thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.Leviticus 27:4 · שָֽׁקֶל׃And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.Leviticus 27:5 · שְׁקָלִ֑ים · שְׁקָלִֽים׃And if [it be] from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.Leviticus 27:6 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · שְׁקָלִ֖יםAnd if [it be] from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.Leviticus 27:7 · שָׁ֑קֶל · שְׁקָלִֽים׃And if [it be] from sixty years old and above; if [it be] a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.Leviticus 27:16 · שֶׁ֥קֶלAnd if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver.Leviticus 27:25 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ סAnd all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.Numbers 3:47 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל · הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:)Numbers 3:50 · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלOf the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:Numbers 7:13 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלAnd his offering [was] one silver charger, the weight thereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them [were] full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:19 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHe offered [for] his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:25 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:31 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:37 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:43 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty [shekels], a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:49 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:55 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:61 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:67 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:73 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:79 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHis offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Numbers 7:85 · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלEach charger of silver [weighing] an hundred and thirty [shekels], each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels [weighed] two thousand and four hundred [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:Numbers 7:86 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלThe golden spoons [were] twelve, full of incense, [weighing] ten [shekels] apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons [was] an hundred and twenty [shekels].Numbers 18:16 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלAnd those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs.Numbers 31:52 · שָׁ֑קֶלAnd all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.Joshua 7:21 · שְׁקָלִ֣ים · שְׁקָלִים֙When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they [are] hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.1 Samuel 9:8 · שֶׁ֣קֶלAnd the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: [that] will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.1 Samuel 17:5 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםAnd [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.1 Samuel 17:7 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםAnd the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.2 Samuel 14:26 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםAnd when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.2 Samuel 24:24 · שְׁקָלִ֥יםAnd the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.2 Kings 7:1 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֖קֶלThen Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.2 Kings 7:16 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֖קֶלAnd the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.2 Kings 7:18 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֔קֶלAnd it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:2 Kings 15:20 · שְׁקָלִ֛יםAnd Menahem exacted the money of Israel, [even] of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.1 Chronicles 21:25 · שִׁקְלֵ֣יSo David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.2 Chronicles 3:9 · לִשְׁקָלִ֖יםAnd the weight of the nails [was] fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.Nehemiah 5:15 · שְׁקָלִ֣יםBut the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.Nehemiah 10:32 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶלAlso we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;Jeremiah 32:9 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםAnd I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that [was] in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, [even] seventeen shekels of silver.Amos 8:5 · שֶׁ֔קֶלSaying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?