שֶׁקֶל
sheqel · sheh'-kel
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8254 (שָׁקַל);
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
- probably a weight
- used as a commercial standard
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: shekel.
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 שֶׁקֶל 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
88 occurrences · 88 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shekels45 · 51%
- after the shekel21 · 24%
- a shekel4 · 5%
- for a shekel4 · 5%
- shekels, after the shekel3 · 3%
- of a shekel2 · 2%
- and the shekel2 · 2%
- shekel1 · 1%
- by shekels1 · 1%
- shall be according to the shekel1 · 1%
- shall be the shekel1 · 1%
- them:(the shekel1 · 1%
- be sold for a shekel1 · 1%
- was sold for a shekel1 · 1%
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.