Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H8625
תְּקַל
teqaltek-al'
to weigh; shekel
3 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tᵉqal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8625is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8625
to balance
The King James renders it: Tekel, be weighed.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
teqal is rendered "to weigh; shekel". It stands 3 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Three of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to weigh".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 5:25Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
Daniel 5:25תְּקֵ֥ל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's three uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to weigh, and shekel.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to weighStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereDaniel 5:25Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. |
| shekelStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- teqel2
- you have been weighed1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תְּקִ֥ילְתָּה1
- תְּקֵ֥ל1
- תְּקֵ֑ל1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular2ANcbsa
- verb · passive (qal passive), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1AVQp2ms
Daniel
three uses
Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
- תְּקֵ֥לtekelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: teqel
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
- תְּקֵ֑לtekelnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: teqel
- תְּקִ֥ילְתָּהtekiletahverb · passive (qal passive), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been weighed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.