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Hebrew word study

שֶׁקֶלsheqel — probably a weight

Pronounced “sheh'-kel”

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

Translated in the King James as: shekel.

Appears 88 times in Scripture

Origin: from H8254 (שָׁקַל);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 23:15 Genesis 23:16

Exodus — 14×

Exodus 21:32 Exodus 30:13 Exodus 30:15 Exodus 30:24 Exodus 38:24 Exodus 38:25 Exodus 38:26 Exodus 38:29+ 6 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 14×

Leviticus 5:15 Leviticus 27:3 Leviticus 27:4 Leviticus 27:5 Leviticus 27:6 Leviticus 27:7 Leviticus 27:16 Leviticus 27:25+ 6 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 33×

Numbers 3:47 Numbers 3:50 Numbers 7:13 Numbers 7:19 Numbers 7:25 Numbers 7:31 Numbers 7:37 Numbers 7:43 Numbers 7:49 Numbers 7:55 Numbers 7:61 Numbers 7:67 Numbers 7:73 Numbers 7:79 Numbers 7:85 Numbers 7:86 Numbers 18:16 Numbers 31:52+ 15 more in Numbers

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 7:21+ 1 more in Joshua

1 Samuel — 3×

1 Sam 9:8 1 Sam 17:5 1 Sam 17:7

2 Samuel — 2×

2 Sam 14:26 2 Sam 24:24

2 Kings — 7×

2 Ki 7:1 2 Ki 7:16 2 Ki 7:18 2 Ki 15:20+ 3 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 1×

2 Chronicles — 1×

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 5:15 Nehemiah 10:32

Jeremiah — 1×

Ezekiel — 5×

Ezekiel 4:10 Ezekiel 45:12+ 3 more in Ezekiel

Amos — 1×

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.