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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37467" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37467" /> == | ||
<p> (See [[Money]] .) It is found inscribed only with the [[Samaritan]] character, the original form of the Hebrew. The | <p> (See [[Money]] .) It is found inscribed only with the [[Samaritan]] character, the original form of the Hebrew. The '''''Lulab''''' is a frequent symbol, namely, branches of the three trees in Leviticus 23:40, the palm, the myrtle, and the willow, carried at the feast of tabernacles. Also the citron fruit, and a palm tree between two baskets of fruit. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62761" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62761" /> == | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68473" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68473" /> == | ||
<p> See | <p> See [[Weights And Measures]] </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60481" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60481" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8167" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8167" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' shek ''''' ´' ''''' 50 ''''' , ''''' shek´el ''''' , ''''' shē´kel ''''' , ''''' shē´kul ''''' ( שׁקל , <i> ''''' sheḳel ''''' </i> ): A weight and a coin. The Hebrew shekel was the 50th part of a mina, and as a weight about 224 grains, and as money (silver) was worth about 2 shillings 9d., or 66 cents (in 1915). No gold shekel has been found, and hence, it is inferred that such a coin was not used; but as a certain amount of gold, by weight, it is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 3:9 and is probably intended to be supplied in 2 Kings 5:5 . The gold shekel was 1/60 of the heavy [[Babylonian]] mina and weighed about 252 grains. In value it was about equal to 2 British pounds and 1 shilling, or about .00 (in 1915). See Money; Weights And Measures . In the Revised Version (British and American) of Matthew 17:27 "shekel" replaces "piece of money" of the King James Version, the translation of στατήρ , <i> '''''statḗr''''' </i> . See [[Stater]] . </p> | <p> ''''' shek ''''' ´' ''''' 50 ''''' , ''''' shek´el ''''' , ''''' shē´kel ''''' , ''''' shē´kul ''''' ( שׁקל , <i> ''''' sheḳel ''''' </i> ): A weight and a coin. The Hebrew shekel was the 50th part of a mina, and as a weight about 224 grains, and as money (silver) was worth about 2 shillings 9d., or 66 cents (in 1915). No gold shekel has been found, and hence, it is inferred that such a coin was not used; but as a certain amount of gold, by weight, it is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 3:9 and is probably intended to be supplied in 2 Kings 5:5 . The gold shekel was 1/60 of the heavy [[Babylonian]] mina and weighed about 252 grains. In value it was about equal to 2 British pounds and 1 shilling, or about .00 (in 1915). See Money; Weights And Measures . In the Revised Version (British and American) of Matthew 17:27 "shekel" replaces "piece of money" of the King James Version, the translation of στατήρ , <i> ''''' statḗr ''''' </i> . See [[Stater]] . </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79657" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_79657" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16619" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16619" /> == | ||
<p> [ | <p> [[[Weights And Measures]]] </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
