1235. beqa
Strong's Concordance
beqa: half
Original Word: בֶּ֫קַע
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: beqa
Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-kah)
Short Definition: beka
Brown-Driver-Briggs
בֶּ֫קַע noun [masculine] fraction, half, i.e. half-shekel, a weight; בֶּקַע מִשְׁקָלוֺ Genesis 24:22, compare Hesychius in LagGes. Abh 199, 1. 18 βακαίον [Lag βέκαον] μέρον τι; see also בֶּקַע Exodus 38:26 (= מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל).

Strong's Exhaustive 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'

Forms and Transliterations
בֶּ֖קַע בֶּ֚קַע בקע be·qa‘ Beka beqa‘
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2 Occurrences


be·qa‘ — 2 Occ.

Genesis 24:22
HEB: נֶ֣זֶם זָהָ֔ב בֶּ֖קַע מִשְׁקָל֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵ֤י
NAS: weighing a half-shekel and two
KJV: earring of half a shekel weight,
INT: ring A gold A half-shekel weighing and two

Exodus 38:26
HEB: בֶּ֚קַע לַגֻּלְגֹּ֔לֶת מַחֲצִ֥ית
NAS: a beka a head ([that is], half
KJV: A bekah for every man, [that is], half
INT: A bekah man half

2 Occurrences

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