sheqels Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- bread
- moolah
- change
- funds
- cabbage
- currency
- dollar
- dough
- loot
- legal-tender
- tender
- gold
- wampum
- kale
- wallet
- moola
- green
- pelf
- lucre
Weak:
- promissory-note
- specie
- check
- mint
- bill
- opulence
- banknote
- fortune
- chump-change
- riches
- money-order
- pocket-money
- megabucks
- peanuts
- wherewithal
- dime
- jack
- bankroll
- coinage
- scratch
- dibs
- paper-money
- bundle
- pot
- dead-presidents
- boodle
- greenback
- means
- wealth
- abundance
- pile
- pittance
- shoestring
- long-green
- folding-money
- scrip
- resources
- big-bucks
- treasure
- roll
- lolly
- needful
- finances
- draft
- capital
- wad
sheqels Meaning
sheqels
a unit of value based on a shekel weight of gold or silver, a coin weighing one shekel, any of various ancient units of weight, a Hebrew unit equal to about 252 grains troy, money
sheqels Sentence Examples
- The ancient Israelites paid for goods and services with sheqels, a unit of currency.
- The silver sheqel weighed about 11 grams and was approximately equivalent to a dollar in modern terms.
- The Book of Exodus records that the Israelites donated half a shekel to the Tabernacle.
- In the parable of the lost coin, Jesus refers to a shekel as a valuable sum of money.
- Archaeologists have found ancient sheqels with inscriptions indicating their use as a form of tax.
- The shekel was also used as a unit of weight, with one shekel being equal to about 220 grains.
- The Babylonians conquered Judah and adopted the shekel as part of their monetary system.
- The modern Israeli shekel, introduced in 1985, is the currency of the State of Israel.
- The shekel symbol, a stylized letter "ש," is derived from the first letter of the Hebrew word for "shekel."
- The Bank of Israel issues shekels in various denominations, including coins and banknotes.
FAQs About the word sheqels
a unit of value based on a shekel weight of gold or silver, a coin weighing one shekel, any of various ancient units of weight, a Hebrew unit equal to about 252
money, cash, chips, bucks, coin, bread, moolah, change, funds, cabbage
No antonyms found.
The ancient Israelites paid for goods and services with sheqels, a unit of currency.
The silver sheqel weighed about 11 grams and was approximately equivalent to a dollar in modern terms.
The Book of Exodus records that the Israelites donated half a shekel to the Tabernacle.
In the parable of the lost coin, Jesus refers to a shekel as a valuable sum of money.
