- Original: שׁקל - Transliteration: Sheqel - Phonetic: sheh'-kel - 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 - Origin: from H8254 - TWOT entry: 2454a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H8254 ; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard: - shekel. Total KJV Occurrences: 88 • apiece, 1 Numbers 3:47 • shekel, 42 Exodus 30:13(4); Exodus 30:15; Exodus 30:24; Exodus 38:24; Exodus 38:25; Exodus 38:26(2); Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 27:3; Leviticus 27:25(2); Numbers 3:47(2); 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; 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Kings 7:1(2); 2 Kings 7:16(2); 2 Kings 7:18(2); Nehemiah 10:32; Ezekiel 45:12; Amos 8:5 • shekels, 45 Genesis 23:15; Genesis 23:16; Exodus 21:32; Exodus 38:24; Exodus 38:25; Exodus 38:29; Leviticus 5:15; Leviticus 27:3; Leviticus 27:4; Leviticus 27:5(2); Leviticus 27:6(2); Leviticus 27:7(2); Leviticus 27:16; 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 18:16; Numbers 31:52; Joshua 7:21(2); 1 Samuel 17:5; 1 Samuel 17:7; 2 Samuel 14:26; 2 Samuel 24:24; 2 Kings 15:20; 1 Chronicles 21:25; 2 Chronicles 3:9; Nehemiah 5:15; Jeremiah 32:9; Ezekiel 4:10; Ezekiel 45:12(3)