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• SHEKEL (from Heb. shakal, to weigh)

SHEKEL (from Heb. shakal, to weigh)  , originally a Jewish unit of See also:

• WEIGHT

weight (r of a See also:

• MINA, FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y (1781-1836)

mina, and Th-lf of a See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent) and afterwards a See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin of the same weight . The Biblical references to shekels must refer to uncoined ingots . In the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus it seems that the See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• SHEKEL (from Heb. shakal, to weigh)

shekel weighed from 210 to 210.55 grains; the heavy shekel was twice that amount, which is practically identical with the Phoenician weight (224.4 grains) . It corresponds to Is . 41d. and 2S. gd. respectively in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• SILVER

silver . Jewish shekels were first coined by See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon the Hasmonean, probably in 139-138 B.C . These See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions in the archaic See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew and various emblems, such as the See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup or See also:

• CHALICE (through a central O. Fr. form of the Lat. calix, calicis, cup)

chalice, the See also:

• LILY

lily See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch with three See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, the See also:

• CANDLESTICK

candlestick, the citron and See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm branch and so forth . They never bear the portraits of rulers or figures of animals . A later See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of shekels, belonging to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, are tetradrachms, " which came from the mints of Caesarea and See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch and were used as blanks on which to impress Jewish types.'° Hence in Matt. xvi . 24 the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple tax of See also:

• HALF

half a shekel is called a didrachm (2 drams) . In 2 See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel xiv . 26 we read of " shekels after the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's weight." The royal norm was heavier than the See also:

• COMMON

common norm .

The See also:

• HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE

Hebrews divided the shekel into 20 parts, each of which was called a gerah . (See also See also:

• NUMISMATICS
• NUMISMATICS (Lat. numisma, nomisma, a coin; from the Greek, derived from voj4 u', to use according to law)

NUMISMATICS.) See articles in Ency . Bibl. See also:

• COL
• COL (Fr. for " neck," Lat. collum)

col . 4442, and See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings' See also:

• DIET

Diet. of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, ii . 417 seq . ; F . W . See also:

• MADDEN, SIR FREDERIC (1801-1873)

Madden, Coins of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews (1881) ; T . See also:

• REINACH, JOSEPH (1856- )

Reinach, Jewish Coins (1903) . (I .