Lexicon / H8255
שֶׁ֫קֶל
she.qel
  • shekel
  • a weight

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: shekel

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)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: a weight; shekel

Root √שׁקל: שָׁקַל vb weigh Qal weigh weigh out a price Niph be weighed . .

שֶׁ֫קֶל n.m a weight shekel 87.