Strong’s H8254 · Hebrew
שָׁקַל
shâqal
shaw-kal'
Definition
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- pay
- receive(-r)
- spend
- throughly
- weigh
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.