Beqa בֶּ֫קַע
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| בֶּ֫קַע | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | beqa |
| Strong's number | H1235 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | bekah |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Beqa (Hebrew בֶּ֫קַע, Strong's H1235) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bekah”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) half, part also called "shekel of the sanctuary" or "holy shekel"
2) half a shekel (meton) 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.
2) half a shekel (meton) 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.
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | shekel (1), bekah (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | beka (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Beqa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- 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;And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Exodus
- 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.a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).