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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #8254 - שָׁקַל

Transliteration

shâqal

Phonetics

shaw-kal'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2454

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to weigh, weigh out, pay out
1. (Qal)
  1. to weigh
  2. to weigh out (a price)
  3. of grief (fig)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be weighed
  2. to be weighed out

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 600 ‑ ἀποκαθίστημι (ap‑ok‑ath‑is'‑tay‑mee); 661 ‑ ἀποτίνω (ap‑ot‑ee'‑no); 3936 ‑ παρίστανω (par‑is'‑tay‑mee, par‑is‑tan'‑o); 4820 ‑ συμβάλλω (soom‑bal'‑lo); 5091 ‑ τιμάω (tim‑ah'‑o); 2476 ‑ ἵστημι (his'‑tay‑mee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (22)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

BSB (21)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

CSB (20)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 3

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

ESV (20)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

KJV (22)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

LEB (22)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

LSB (28)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 6

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 4

Zechariah 2

N95 (22)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

NAS (28)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (22)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 1

Ezra 4

Esther 2

Job 4

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Zechariah 1

ASV (22)

and i will pay 1

and weigh 1

and weighed 4

be weighed 1

her unto him, he shall pay 1

i should receive 1

i weighed 1

it); he weighed 1

let me be weighed 1

or else thou shalt pay 1

so they weighed 1

them, until ye weigh 1

to pay 1

weighed 2

were but 1

were weighed 1

where is he that weighed 1

wherefore do ye spend 1

BSB (21)

and i weighed out 2

and weigh out 1

and weighed out 1

be weighed out 1

could be weighed 1

he would weigh 1

i weighed out 1

is he who weighs 1

let god weigh me 1

or weighed 1

so they weighed out 1

spend 1

the man still must pay 1

to pay 2

we weighed out 1

weighed out 1

were weighed out 1

you weigh them out 1

you will weigh out 1

CSB (20)

could be weighed 1

out 9

pay 3

spend 1

the tribute collector 1

the weight 1

weigh 2

weighed 2

ESV (20)

pay 4

spend 1

tribute 1

weigh 1

weigh out 1

weighed 8

weighed out 3

weight 1

KJV (22)

pay 4

receive 1

receiver 1

spend 1

throughly 1

weigh 2

weighed 12

LEB (22)

and i weighed out 2

and i will pay 1

and they weighed out 1

and weigh out 1

and weighed out 1

be weighed out as 1

could be 1

do you weigh out 1

he will weigh out 1

i weighed out 1

is the one who weighed out 1

it off and weigh 1

let him weigh 1

of 1

then i weighed out 1

to pay 1

weighed 1

well weighed 1

were weighed 1

you shall pay 1

you weigh 1

LSB (28)

actually 1

out 6

pay 4

receive 1

spend 1

weigh 3

weighed 11

weighs 1

N95 (22)

actually 1

pay 4

receive 1

spend 1

weigh 3

weighed 11

weighs 1

NAS (28)

actually 1

out 6

pay 4

receive 1

spend 1

weigh 3

weighed 11

weighs 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (22)

and i will pay 1

and weigh 1

and weighed 4

be weighed 1

i should receive 1

i weighed 1

let me be weighed 1

or else you shall pay 1

to pay 1

weighed 2

were 1

were weighed 1

where is he who weighed 1

why do you spend 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2874) l q s (סהקל ShQL) AC: Weigh CO: ? AB: ?

V) l q s (סהקל ShQL) - Weigh: To weigh out, usually of silver for payment. KJV (22): (vf: Paal, Niphal) weigh, pay, throughly, receive, receive, spend - Strongs: H8254 (שָׁקַל)

N^m) l q s (סהקל ShQL) - I. Sheqel:A unit of measurement. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Weighed:[Aramaic only] KJV (91): shekel, tekel, weighted - Strongs: H8255 (שֶׁקֶל), H8625 (תְּקֵל)

h^m) l q s m (מסהקל MShQL) - Weight: KJV (49): weight, weigh - Strongs: H4948 (מִשְׁקָל)

h^f2) t l q s m (מסהקלת MShQLT) - Plumb: A weighted tool for leveling. KJV (2): plummet - Strongs: H4949 (מִשְׁקֹלֶת)

hc^m) l f q s m (מסהקול MShQWL) - Weight: KJV (1): weight - Strongs: H4946 (מִשְׁקוֹל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שָׁקַל verb weigh (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic

be heavy,

heaviness, weight,

load, Old Aramaic תקל weigh, Aramaic תְּקַל,

(weigh), pay, תִּקְלָא shekel, but also (Old Aramaic, Zinjirli) שקל, שקלן Lzb³⁸²;

lift up; Assyrian ša‡@âlu, weigh, ši‡lu (apparently) = שֶׁקֶל; Ethiopic

hand up, weigh; Phoenician משקל weight; compare Frä²⁰², also Greek σίγλος (ᵐ5 σίκλος) Lag^{M ii. 357} Lewy^{Framdw. 118f.}; — on connection of meanings compare weigh transitive and intransitive = German wä Genesis , wiegen, also heave, heavy, heft (= weight, obs. or colloq.)); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׁ 2 Samuel 14:26; Isaiah 40:12; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁקִל Exodus 22:16, suffix יִשְׁקְלֵ֫נִי Job 31:6, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁקוֺל Job 6:2; construct לִשְׁקוֺל Esther 4:7; Participle active שֹׁקֵל Isaiah 33:18; 2 Samuel 18:12 read perhaps passive שָׁקֻל, see infra, —

1 weigh, human subject, accusative of thing 2 Samuel 14:26; Isaiah 46:6 (ב of scale); figurative, ׳י subject Isaiah 40:12 also (accusative of person) Job 31:6 (both with ב of scale); compare Infinitive absolute below

Niph`al; weigh precious metals intrusted to one, ל person Ezra 8:25, עַליָֿדָם Ezra 8:26, accusative of thing omitted Ezra 8:29 (לִפְנֵי of superior).

2 weigh out a price (i.e. pay): accusative of silver Exodus 22:16 (E), 1 Kings 20:39; Zechariah 11:12; Jeremiah 32:10 (ב of scale), Isaiah 55:2 (with ב, in exchange for); +ל person Jeremiah 32:9; Genesis 23:16 (P); +עַלכַּֿמַּי 2 Samuel 18:12 (read perhaps שָׁקֻל, so We Kit^Kau Bu Buhl), ׳עַליְֿדֵי פ Esther 3:9, עַלגִּֿנְזֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ Esther 4:7

Niph`al be weighed:

1 Perfect 3 masculine singular נִשְׁקַל, subject of thing Ezra 8:33 (passive of Qal Ezra 8:25f.); Imperfect 3 masculine singular figurative (+ Qal Infinitive absolute), לוּ שָׁקוֺליִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי Job 6:2.

2 be weighted out, as price, Job 28:15.

[תְּקַל] verb weigh (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שָׁקַל, שֶׁקֶל); —

Pe`il Perfect 2 masculine singular תְּקִלְתָּא (W^{CG 224}) Daniel 5:27 thou hast been weighed, ב of scales.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁקַל fut. יִשְׁקֹל, once אֶשְׁקֲלָה (as if from יִשְׁקַל) Jeremiah 32:9 to poise, to weigh (Arab. شقل, more often ثقل, Syr. ܫܘܰܠ and ܬܩܠ id. The primary idea is that of suspending a balance, compare Ethiopic ሰቀለ፡ to suspend, as on a cross. Compare סָלָא, סָלָה, and Lat. pendo, pendeo), Exodus 22:16; 2 Samuel 14:26; Isaiah 40:12. Followed by לְ to weigh out to any one (metals, money), Genesis 23:16; Jeremiah 32:9; Ezra 8:25 followed by עַל יְדֵי Ezra 8:26; Esther 3:9 followed by עַל (to weigh over or into the royal treasuries) Esther 4:7; 2 Samuel 18:12, “although I might weigh a thousand shekels in my hands,” i.e. if they were weighed, counted to me. Figuratively, to weigh, to examine any person, Job 31:6 any thing, Job 6:2.

Niphal, to be weighed, Job 6:2 to be weighed out, Job 28:15; Ezra 8:33.

Derivatives, מִשְׁקָל, מִשְׁקוֹל, מִשְׁקֶלֶת, pr.n. אַשְׁקְלוֹן, and

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List of Word Forms

אֶשְׁקוֹל֙ אשקול וְשָׁקַ֤ל וְשָׁקַל֙ וַיִּשְׁקְל֥וּ וַיִּשְׁקֹ֤ל וָֽאֶשְׁקֲלָה־ וָאֶשְׁקֲלָ֨ה וָאֶשְׁקֹ֥ל וָאֶשְׁקֳלָ֣ה ואשקל ואשקלה ואשקלה־ וישקל וישקלו ושקל יִ֝שָּׁקֵ֗ל יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּ יִשְׁקֹ֔ל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל ישקל ישקלו ישקלני לִ֠שְׁקוֹל לשקול נִשְׁקַ֣ל נשקל שָׁק֣וֹל שֹׁקֵ֔ל שֹׁקֵ֤ל שקול שקל תִּשְׁקְל֡וּ תִּשְׁקֽוֹל׃ תִשְׁקְלוּ־ תשקול׃ תשקלו תשקלו־ ’eš·qō·wl ’ešqōwl eshkOl liš·qō·wl Lishkol lišqōwl niš·qal nishKal nišqal šā·qō·wl šāqōwl shaKol shoKel šō·qêl šōqêl tiš·qə·lū ṯiš·qə·lū- tiš·qō·wl tishkeLu tishKol tišqəlū ṯišqəlū- tišqōwl vaeshkaLah vaeshKol vaeshkoLah vaiyishkeLu vaiyishKol veshaKal wā’ešqălāh wā’ešqălāh- wā’ešqōl wā’ešqolāh wā·’eš·qă·lāh wā·’eš·qă·lāh- wā·’eš·qo·lāh wā·’eš·qōl way·yiš·qə·lū way·yiš·qōl wayyišqəlū wayyišqōl wə·šā·qal wəšāqal yiš·qə·lê·nî yiš·qō·lū yiš·qōl yiš·šā·qêl yishkeLeni yishKol yishKolu yishshaKel yišqəlênî yišqōl yišqōlū yiššāqêl