Strong's H8254 · Hebrew
שָׁקַל
shâqal · /shaw-kal'/
Definition
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
KJV: pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.
Root / derivation: a primitive root;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered שָׁקַל across 14 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
14 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
2 Samuel2 verses
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
2 Samuel 18:12And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. receive: Heb. weigh upon mine hand Beware: Heb. Beware whosoever ye be of, etc
Ezra4 verses
And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
Ezra 8:26I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
Ezra 8:29Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
Ezra 8:33Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
Esther2 verses
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. that they: Heb. to destroy them pay: Heb. weigh
Esther 4:7And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Job3 verses
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! laid: Heb. lifted up
Job 28:15It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. It: Heb. Fine gold shall not be given for it
Job 31:6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Let: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H8254 (shâqal) mean?
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
How many times does H8254 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H8254 (שָׁקַל) appears in 14 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “weighed.”
How is shâqal translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H8254 is rendered as “weighed” (8×), “pay” (4×), “receive” (1×), “throughly” (1×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word שָׁקַל come from?
a primitive root;