שֶׁ֫קֶל
she.qel
1. shekel
a. the chief unit of weight or measure
1. gold-1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains
2. silver-1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains
3. copper-1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains
Aramaic equivalent: te.qel (תְּקֵל "shekel" H8625B)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 54 verses
- Jeremiah 32:9 שְׁקָלִ֖ים
So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
- Ezekiel 4:10 שֶׁ֖קֶל
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
- Ezekiel 45:12 וְהַשֶּׁ֖קֶלשְׁקָלִ֜יםשְׁקָלִ֗יםשֶׁ֔קֶל
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
- Amos 8:5 שֶׁ֔קֶל
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
