שָׁקַל
shâqal · shaw-kal'
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁקַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and weighed4 · 18%
- weighed3 · 14%
- her unto him, he shall pay1 · 5%
- it:) he weighed1 · 5%
- i should receive1 · 5%
- or else thou shalt pay1 · 5%
- i even weighed1 · 5%
- them, until ye weigh1 · 5%
- and i will pay1 · 5%
- to pay1 · 5%
- were throughly1 · 5%
- be weighed1 · 5%
- let me be weighed1 · 5%
- where is the receiver1 · 5%
- and weigh1 · 5%
- wherefore do ye spend1 · 5%
- so they weighed1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.