H1235 בֶּקַע

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

בֶּקַע

beqaʻ · beh'-kah

Definition

a section (half) of ashekel, i.e. a beka (a weight and a coin)

KJV Renderings

bekah, half a shekel.

Derivation / Etymology

from H1234 (בָּקַע);

KJV Verses (2)

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.