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hebrew #1235 - בֶּקַע beqa (half)


Original Word:בֶּקַע
Transliteration: beqa
Definition:half
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(beh'-kah)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bekah, half a shekel

From baqa'; a section (half) of a shekel, i.e. A beka (a weight and a coin) -- bekah, half a shekel.

see HEBREW baqa'


Englishman's Concordance

1) half, part also called “shekel of the sanctuary” or “holy shekel”
2) half a shekel (metonymy) There appears to be at least three different shekels, one of silver, gold and copper. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment of the subject.
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H1234
Same Word by TWOT Number: 271a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בֶּ֫קַעnoun [masculine]fraction, half, i.e. half-shekel, a weight; בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֺGenesis 24:22, compare Hesychius in LagGes. Abh 199, 1. 18βακαίον [Lag βέκαον] μέρον τι; see also בֶּקַעExodus 38:26 (=מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1235. בֶּ֫קַע (beqa) — 2 Occurrences

Genesis 24:22
HEB:נֶ֣זֶם זָהָ֔ב בֶּ֖קַע מִשְׁקָל֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵ֤י
NAS: weighing a half-shekel and two
KJV: earring of half a shekel weight,
INT: ring A gold A half-shekel weighing and two

Exodus 38:26
HEB: בֶּ֚קַע לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַחֲצִ֥ית
NAS:a beka a head ([that is], half
KJV:A bekah for every man, [that is], half
INT:A bekah man half

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