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, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead.”Genesis 23:16 · שֶׁ֣קֶלAbraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.Exodus 21:32 · שְׁקָלִ֗יםIf the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.Exodus 30:13 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל · הַשֶּׁ֔קֶלThey shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary; (the shekel is twenty gerahs;) half a shekel for an offering to Yahweh.Exodus 30:15 · הַשָּׁ֑קֶלThe rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.Exodus 30:24 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלand of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary; and a hin of olive oil.Exodus 38:24 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלAll the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.Exodus 38:25 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלThe silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:Exodus 38:26 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלa beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.Exodus 38:29 · שָֽׁקֶל׃The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.Leviticus 5:15 · שְׁקָלִ֥ים · בְּשֶֽׁקֶל־“If anyone commits a trespass, and sins unwittingly, in the holy things of Yahweh; then he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, a ram without blemish from the flock, according to your estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.Leviticus 27:3 · שֶׁ֥קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלYour valuation shall be of a male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.Leviticus 27:4 · שָֽׁקֶל׃If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.Leviticus 27:5 · שְׁקָלִ֑ים · שְׁקָלִֽים׃If the person is from five years old even to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels.Leviticus 27:6 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · שְׁקָלִ֖יםIf the person is from a month old even to five years old, then your valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.Leviticus 27:7 · שָׁ֑קֶל · שְׁקָלִֽים׃If the person is from sixty years old and upward; if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.Leviticus 27:16 · שֶׁ֥קֶל“‘If a man dedicates to Yahweh part of the field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.Leviticus 27:25 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ סAll your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.Numbers 3:47 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל · הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):Numbers 3:50 · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלfrom the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:Numbers 7:13 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלand his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:19 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHe offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:25 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:31 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:37 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:43 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:49 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:55 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:61 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:67 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:73 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:79 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלgave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;Numbers 7:85 · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלeach silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;Numbers 7:86 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלthe twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;Numbers 18:16 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלYou shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs).Numbers 31:52 · שָׁ֑קֶלAll the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.Joshua 7:21 · שְׁקָלִ֣ים · שְׁקָלִים֙When I saw among the spoil a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, then I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground in the middle of my tent, with the silver under it.”1 Samuel 9:8 · שֶׁ֣קֶלThe servant answered Saul again, and said, “Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.”1 Samuel 17:5 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםHe had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.1 Samuel 17:7 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםThe staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and his shield bearer went before him.2 Samuel 14:26 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםWhen he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.2 Samuel 24:24 · שְׁקָלִ֥יםThe king said to Araunah, “No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.2 Kings 7:1 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֖קֶלElisha said, “Hear the word of Yahweh. Thus says Yahweh, ‘Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”2 Kings 7:16 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֖קֶלThe people went out, and plundered the camp 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 Yahweh.2 Kings 7:18 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֔קֶלIt happened, 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 tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;”2 Kings 15:20 · שְׁקָלִ֛יםMenahem 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 didn’t stay there in the land.1 Chronicles 21:25 · שִׁקְלֵ֣יSo David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.2 Chronicles 3:9 · לִשְׁקָלִ֖יםThe weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He overlaid the upper rooms with gold.Nehemiah 5:15 · שְׁקָלִ֣יםBut the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.Nehemiah 10:32 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶלAlso we made ordinances for ourselves, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;Jeremiah 32:9 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםI bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle’s son, 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 grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;