Shekel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʃɛkəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shekel is a noun meaning A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
Meaning
A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
More Meanings
- (slang) Money.
- (historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.
Example Sentences
The mob had filched anything that might earn them a shekel or two.
So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Her gownlet cost five hundred beans; / Her furs, four figures in a row; / Her hat removed from papa's jeans / A hundred shekels more or so.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Word Forms
- shekels
- shekalim
- sheqel
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