King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1235
Transliteration: beqa
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-kah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: half
Meaning: a section, of a, shekel, a beka
Word Summary
beqa: half
Original Word: בֶּקַעTransliteration: beqa
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-kah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: half
Meaning: a section, of a, shekel, a beka
Strong's 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'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1235. beqa
בֶּ֫קַע noun [masculine] fraction, half, i.e. half-shekel, a weight; מִשְׁקָלוֺ בֶּקַע Genesis 24:22, compare Hesychius in LagGes. Abh 199, 1. 18 βακαίον [Lag βέκαον] μέρον τι; see also בֶּקַע Exodus 38:26 (= הַשֶּׁקֶל מַחֲצִית).