שֶׁקֶל
šeqel
a weight
Strong's H8255NounHebrewTWOT 2454a

שֶׁקֶל (šeqel) is a Hebrew noun meaning a weight. It appears 88 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8255).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2454a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2454a)a weight, shekel
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֶׁ֫קֶל noun, masculine: a weight, shekel

Strong's H8255 שֶׁקֶל: probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
KJV:shekel.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2454: שָׁקַל šāqal — weigh; weigh out; suspend, poise; pay, receive, receiver, spend

See it in Scripture

Genesis 23:15Exodus 30:13Leviticus 27:3

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