Strongs Number: H8254
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁקַל
- Transliteration
- shâqal
- Phonetic
- shaw-kal'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to weigh, weigh out, pay out
a. (Qal)
1. to weigh
2. to weigh out (a price)
3. of grief (fig)
b. (Niphal)
1. to be weighed
2. to be weighed out
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {pay} receive ({-r}) {spend} X-(idiom) {throughly} weigh.