שֶׁ֫קֶל
she.qelshekelHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine88 occurrences14 books54 verses
Definition
from H8254; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
Traditional renderings: shekel.
Traditional renderings: shekel.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שֶׁ֫קֶל:
- δίδραχμοςdidrachmos“two-drachma”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
88 total
- Genesis 23:15שֶֽׁקֶל־ · shekels“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”
- Genesis 23:16שֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelsAbraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Exodus 21:32שְׁקָלִ֗ים · shekelsIf the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
- Exodus 30:13הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · shekel; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekel; הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל · [which weighs]; הַשֶּׁ֔קֶל · shekelEveryone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 30:15הַשָּׁ֑קֶל · shekelIn making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
- Exodus 30:24בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekel…500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
- Exodus 38:24שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל · shekelAll the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- Exodus 38:25שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל · shekelThe silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
- Exodus 38:26הַשֶּׁ֖קֶל · a shekel; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekel…a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
- Exodus 38:29שָֽׁקֶל׃ · shekelsThe bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
- Leviticus 5:15שְׁקָלִ֥ים · shekels; בְּשֶֽׁקֶל־ · shekel“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 27:3שֶׁ֥קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל · shekel…if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- Leviticus 27:4שָֽׁקֶל׃ · shekelsOr if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
- Leviticus 27:5שְׁקָלִ֑ים · shekels; שְׁקָלִֽים׃ · shekelsAnd if the person is from five to twenty years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
- Leviticus 27:6שְׁקָלִ֖ים · shekels; שְׁקָלִ֖ים · shekelsNow if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.
- Leviticus 27:7שָׁ֑קֶל · shekels; שְׁקָלִֽים׃ · shekelsAnd if the person is sixty years of age or older, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels for the male and ten shekels for the female.
- Leviticus 27:16שֶׁ֥קֶל · shekelsIf a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
- Leviticus 27:25בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekel; הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃ס · to the shekelEvery valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- Numbers 3:47שְׁקָלִ֖ים · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֤קֶל · shekel; הַשָּֽׁקֶל׃…you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
- Numbers 3:50בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל · shekelsHe collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- Numbers 7:13שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:19שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelThe offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:25שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:31שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:37שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:43שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:49שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:55שֶׁ֖קֶל · shekels; בְּשֶׁ֣קֶל · shekelHis offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;