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, hear me: the land—four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what is it?—thy dead bury.’Genesis 23:16 · שֶׁ֣קֶלAnd 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.Exodus 21:32 · שְׁקָלִ֗ים‘If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.Exodus 30:13 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל · הַשֶּׁ֔קֶלThis 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;Exodus 30:15 · הַשָּׁ֑קֶלthe 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.Exodus 30:24 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלand cassia five hundred, by the shekel of the sanctuary, and olive oil a hin;Exodus 38:24 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלAll 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.Exodus 38:25 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלAnd 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;Exodus 38:26 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלa 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.Exodus 38:29 · שָֽׁקֶל׃And the brass of the wave-offering is seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;Leviticus 5:15 · שְׁקָלִ֥ים · בְּשֶֽׁקֶל־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.Leviticus 27:3 · שֶׁ֥קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלWhen 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.Leviticus 27:4 · שָֽׁקֶל׃And if it is a female—then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;Leviticus 27:5 · שְׁקָלִ֑ים · שְׁקָלִֽים׃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;Leviticus 27:6 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · שְׁקָלִ֖יםand 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;Leviticus 27:7 · שָׁ֑קֶל · שְׁקָלִֽים׃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.Leviticus 27:16 · שֶׁ֥קֶל‘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;Leviticus 27:25 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ סAnd all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel.Numbers 3:47 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל · הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll—by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel is;Numbers 3:50 · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלfrom 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;Numbers 7:13 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלAnd 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;Numbers 7:19 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלHe 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;Numbers 7:25 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:31 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:37 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:43 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:49 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:55 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:61 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:67 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:73 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:79 · שֶׁ֖קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלhis 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;Numbers 7:85 · בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלa 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.Numbers 7:86 · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלGolden 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;Numbers 18:16 · שְׁקָלִ֖ים · בְּשֶׁ֣קֶלAnd 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.Numbers 31:52 · שָׁ֑קֶלand 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;Joshua 7:21 · שְׁקָלִ֣ים · שְׁקָלִים֙and 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.’1 Samuel 9:8 · שֶׁ֣קֶלAnd 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.’1 Samuel 17:5 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםand 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,1 Samuel 17:7 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםand 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.2 Samuel 14:26 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםand 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.2 Samuel 24:24 · שְׁקָלִ֥יםAnd 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,2 Kings 7:1 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֖קֶלAnd 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.’2 Kings 7:16 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֖קֶלAnd 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.2 Kings 7:18 · בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל · בְּשֶׁ֔קֶלyea, 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;’2 Kings 15:20 · שְׁקָלִ֛יםAnd 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.1 Chronicles 21:25 · שִׁקְלֵ֣יAnd David giveth to Ornan for the place shekels of gold in weight six hundred;2 Chronicles 3:9 · לִשְׁקָלִ֖יםand the weight of the nails is fifty shekels of gold, and the upper chambers he hath covered with gold.Nehemiah 5:15 · שְׁקָלִ֣יםthe 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.Nehemiah 10:32 · הַשֶּׁ֖קֶלAnd 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,Jeremiah 32:9 · שְׁקָלִ֖יםAnd I buy the field, that is in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle’s son, and I weigh to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver.Amos 8:5 · שֶׁ֔קֶלSaying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.