Strong H1235בֶּ֫קַע
bekah
- Transliteration
- beqa‛
- Pronunciation
- beh'-kah
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From H1234; a section (half) of a {shekel} that {is} a beka (a weight and a coin): - {bekah} half a shekel.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: bekah
Exact lexical definition: half
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: בֶּ֫קַע n.[m.] fraction, half , i.e. half-shekel, a weight
In the Bible
Strong H1235 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bekah1
- shekel1
First verses
- Genesis 24:22And 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;
- Exodus 38:26A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.