King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H8255 - Shekels

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: Shekels	Gen 23:15 Gen 23:16 Ex 21:32 Ex 38:24 Ex 38:25 Ex 38:29 Lev 5:15 Lev 27:3 Lev 27:4 Lev 27:5 Lev 27:5 Lev 27:6 Lev 27:6 Lev 27:7 Lev 27:7 Lev 27:16 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 18:16 Num 31:52 Josh 7:21 Josh 7:21 1 Sam 17:5 1 Sam 17:7 2 Sam 14:26 2 Sam 24:24 2 King 15:20 1 Chr 21:25 2 Chr 3:9 Neh 5:15 Jer 32:9 Ezek 4:10 Ezek 45:12 Ezek 45:12 Ezek 45:12

Translation Occurrences:	shekel ( 42 ) shekels ( 45 )

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