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Shekel :: Shekel (n.) A jocose term for money.

Bekah :: Bekah (n.) Half a shekel.

Maneh :: Maneh (n.) A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver..

Shekel :: Shekel (n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

Gerah :: Gerah (n.) A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.

Sicle :: Sicle (n.) A shekel.

Talent :: Talent (v. t.) Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from ?340 to ?396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels..

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