STRONGS NUMBER H8255

H8255. sheqel

שֶׁ֫קֶל‎₈₇ noun masculine^{Leviticus 27:6} a weight, shekel (originally = weight; late Hebrew = coin GACooke^{Inscr. 356}); — absolute ׳שׁ‎ Amos 8:5 +, שָׁ֑קֶל‎ Exodus 38:29 +; plural שְׁקָלִים‎ Joshua 7:21 +; construct שִׁקְלֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 21:25; — shekel, as standard weight Amos 8:5; of weight of bronze armour 1 Samuel 17:5, iron spear-head 17:7, +2 Samuel 21:16b (see מִשְׁקָל‎), hair 14:26, food Ezekiel 4:10; implying value, of wedge of gold Joshua 7:21 (JE); of nails in temple (gold) 2 Chronicles 3:9; usually a definite weight of silver (used in payment. or valuation) Exodus 21:32 (E), Joshua 7:21 (JE), 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 24:24; 2 Kings 7:1 (twice in verse); 7:16 (twice in verse); 7:18 (twice in verse); 15:20; Jeremiah 32:9; Ezekiel 45:12 (twice in verse) (see infra), and ( = coin, from time of Darius I) Nehemiah 5:15; 10:33; Leviticus 5:15; 27:3-4, 5 (twice in verse) (all P), +53 t. P; also הַשּׁ ׳מַחֲצִית‎ Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse); 30:15; 38:26 (= בֶּקַל‎), all half-shekel, atonement-money; compare הַשּׁ ׳שְׁלִישִׁית‎ Nehemiah 10:33 one-third; also שׁ ׳רֶבַע‎ 1 Samuel 9:8 one-fourth if shekel; ׳שׁ‎ = 20 גֵּרָה‎ (׳ג‎ otherwise unknown) Ezekiel 45:12; Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:25; Numbers 3:47; 50׳שׁ‎ = one maneh Ezekiel 45:12 (read וַחֲמִשִּׁים‎ for וחמשׁה‎ [and עֶשְׂרֵה‎ for עֲשָׂרָה‎ preceding], ᵐ5‎^A Boeckh Hi-Sm Co Toy Da Krae Berthol); ׳שׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ Exodus 30:13, 24; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 3:47, 50; 7:13 21t. P; land estimated in ׳שׁ‎ of gold 1 Chronicles 21:25; ׳שׂ‎ also often omitted after number — ׳שׁ‎ was of two standards, one one-half the other; actual weights (and values) varied, but most persistent were: (1) gold, 252 3-Febgrams Troy (or 126 1/3), modern equivalent approximately £2 1S., or $10; (2) silver, 224 2-Jangrams (nearly 1/2 ounce) = ׳שׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ (see above), or 112 1/4, modern equivalent approximately 2s. 9d., or 67 with; ׳שׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּאֶבֶן‎ 2 Samuel 14:26 is dubious; if late (Bu HPS Löhr Now) it probably reference to a Babylonian or Persian scale (compare S-C^pap מלכא באבני‎ often); 60 (or 50) ׳שׁ‎ = 1 mina, 60 minas= 1 talent(see מָנֶה‎ ,כִּכָּר‎). See especially ARSK^{Hast. DB WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,and MONEY}.

תְּקֵל‎ noun [masculine] shekel (see Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל‎; תִּקְלָא ᵑ7‎); — absolute ׳ת‎ Daniel 5:25, 27; see מְנֵא‎ and references