שֶׁ֫קֶל (she.qel) means “shekel” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: sheh'-kel Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שֶׁ֫קֶל · she.qel · 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)
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from H8254 (שָׁקַל); probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
KJV glosses: shekel.
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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 |
|---|---|
| shekels | 47 |
| shekel | 28 |
| will sell for a shekel | 3 |
| sold for a shekel | 2 |
| the shekel | 2 |
| a shekel | 1 |
| for a shekel | 1 |
| of a shekel | 1 |
| to the shekel | 1 |
| which weighs | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shekels | 45 |
| after the shekel | 24 |
| for a shekel | 6 |
| a shekel | 4 |
| and the shekel | 2 |
| of a shekel | 2 |
| by shekels | 1 |
| shall be according to the shekel | 1 |
| shall be the shekel | 1 |
| shekel | 1 |
| the shekel | 1 |
Page 1 of 2. 54 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“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.”
Read word by wordAbraham 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 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.
Read word by wordEveryone 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.
Read word by wordIn 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.
Read word by word500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
Read word by wordAll the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Read word by wordThe silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
Read word by worda 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.
Read word by wordThe bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordif 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.
Read word by wordOr if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordIf 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.
Read word by wordEvery valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Read word by wordyou are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Read word by wordHe collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordThe 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordHis 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;
Read word by wordEach silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Read word by wordThe twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.
Read word by wordYou are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
Read word by wordAll the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
Read word by wordWhen I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Read word by wordThe servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
Read word by wordand he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
Read word by wordThe shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
Read word by wordAnd 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 word“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Read word by wordThen Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
Read word by wordThen the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Read word by wordIt happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
Read word by wordMenahem exacted this money from each of the wealthy men of Israel—fifty shekels of silver from each man—to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
Read word by wordSo David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
Read word by wordThe weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.
Read word by wordThe governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
Read word by wordWe also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 10.33
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