שָׁקַל (sha.qal) means “to weigh” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-kal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁקַל · sha.qal · to weigh
1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weigh 1a2) to weigh out (a price) 1a3) of grief (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be weighed 1b2) to be weighed out Aramaic equivalent: te.qal (תְּקַל "to weigh" H8625A)
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a primitive root; to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
KJV glosses: pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and i weighed out | 2 |
| to pay | 2 |
| and weigh out | 1 |
| and weighed out | 1 |
| be weighed out | 1 |
| could be weighed | 1 |
| he would weigh | 1 |
| i weighed out | 1 |
| is he who weighs | 1 |
| let god weigh me | 1 |
| or weighed | 1 |
| so they weighed out | 1 |
| spend | 1 |
| the man still must pay | 1 |
| we weighed out | 1 |
| weighed out | 1 |
| were weighed out | 1 |
| you weigh them out | 1 |
| you will weigh out | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and weighed | 4 |
| weighed | 3 |
| and i will pay | 1 |
| and weigh | 1 |
| be weighed | 1 |
| her unto him he shall pay | 1 |
| i even weighed | 1 |
| i should receive | 1 |
| it he weighed | 1 |
| let me be weighed | 1 |
| or else thou shalt pay | 1 |
| so they weighed | 1 |
| the receiver | 1 |
| to pay | 1 |
| until ye weigh | 1 |
| were throughly | 1 |
| wherefore do ye spend | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Abraham 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.
Read word by wordIf her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.16
And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
Read word by wordThe man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
Read word by wordAs the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
Read word by wordand I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
Read word by wordI weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
Read word by wordGuard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
Read word by wordOn the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
Read word by wordIf it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
Read word by wordand Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
Read word by word“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
Read word by wordIt cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
Read word by wordlet God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
Read word by wordYour mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
Read word by wordWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
Read word by wordThey pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Read word by wordWhy spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Read word by wordSo I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.
Read word by wordI signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales.
Read word by wordThen I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
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