shekel
IPA: ʃˈɛkʌɫ
noun
- A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
- (slang) Money.
- (historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.
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Examples of "shekel" in Sentences
- The shekel is the currency everywhere.
- One gerah is one twentieth of a shekel.
- The acceptance of shekels from heathens.
- It was not determined to be shekel by me.
- I will sell it to you for sufficient shekels.
- There isn't such a thing as a 2 Shekels coin.
- The shekel was an ancient unit of weight and currency.
- The shekel used had the same weight as the standard shekel.
- It will, for example, include information on the Tyrian shekel.
- A date palm is also featured on the ten shekel coin of the New Israeli Shekel.