Bekah
BEKAH
A half-shekel; in weight, five pennyweights; in money, about twenty- five cents. This sum each Israelite over twenty years old was to pay as a poll tax for the temple service, Exo 30:13 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Bekah
(, be’ka, cleft, i.e. part), a Jewish weight of early use (Exo 38:26), being half a SHEKEL SEE SHEKEL (q.v.), the unit of value
(Gen 24:22, half-shekel). SEE METROLOGY. Every Israelite paid one bekah (about 31 cents) yearly for the support and repairs of the Temple (Exo 30:13). SEE DIDRACHMA.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Bekah
Both the name and its explanation, “a half shekel,” are given in Ex. 38:26. The word properly means a “division,” a “part.” (R.V., “beka.”)
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Bekah
Bekah, half a shekel [WEIGHTS AND MEASURES]
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Bekah
[Be’kah] See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Bekah
A half shekel, about 31 cents.
Exo 38:26
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Bekah
Be’kah. See Weights and Measures.