1235 - beqa

Strong's Concordance

Original word: בֶּ֫קַע
Transliteration: beqa
Definition (short): beka
Definition (full): a section, of a, shekel, a beka

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from baqa
Definition: half
NASB Translation: beka (1), half-shekel (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From baqa'; a section (half) of a shekel, i.e. A beka (a weight and a coin) -- bekah, half a shekel.

see HEBREW baqa'

KJV: And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
NASB: When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,
KJV: A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
NASB: a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men.