King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H8255 - Shekel

Strong's No.:	H8255

Hebrew:	שֶׁקֶל

Transliteration:	sheqel

Phonetic:	sheh'-kel

Word Origin:	From H8254

Bible Usage:	shekel.

Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine

Strongs Definition:	probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. shekel a. the chief unit of weight or measure 1. gold - 1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains 2. silver - 1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains 3. copper - 1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains

Bible References: Shekel	Ex 30:13 Ex 30:13 Ex 30:13 Ex 30:13 Ex 30:15 Ex 30:24 Ex 38:24 Ex 38:25 Ex 38:26 Ex 38:26 Lev 5:15 Lev 27:3 Lev 27:25 Lev 27:25 Num 3:47 Num 3:47 Num 3:50 Num 7:13 Num 7:19 Num 7:25 Num 7:31 Num 7:37 Num 7:43 Num 7:49 Num 7:55 Num 7:61 Num 7:67 Num 7:73 Num 7:79 Num 7:85 Num 7:86 Num 18:16 1 Sam 9:8 2 King 7:1 2 King 7:1 2 King 7:16 2 King 7:16 2 King 7:18 2 King 7:18 Neh 10:32 Ezek 45:12 Amos 8:5

Translation Occurrences:	shekel ( 42 ) shekels ( 45 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.