English-Thai Dictionary

shekel

N หน่วยเงินตรา ของ ประเทศ อิสราเอล (1 ชิ เกิล=  100 อา โกรอ ท  naui-ngen-tra-kong-pra-thed-id-sa-ael

 

shekels

N เงินสด (คำ สแลง  ngen-sod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEKEL

n.[Heb. to way; Low L. siclus.] An ancient weight and coin among the Jews and other nations of the same stock. Dr. Arbuthnot makes the weight to have been equal to 9 pennyweights, 2 4 /7 grains, Troy weight, and the value of 2s. 3 3 /8d. sterling, or about half a dollar. Others make its value 2s. 6d. sterling. The golden shekel was worht 1. 16. 6. pounds sterling, about $8, 12.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEKEL

Shek "el, n. Etym: [Heb. shegel, fr. shagal to weigh. ]

 

1. An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

 

Note: A common estimate makes the shekel equal in weight to about 13 grains for gold, 224 grains for silver, and 45 grains for copper, and the approximate values of the coins are (gold ) $5., (silver ) 6 cents, and (copper half shekel ), one and one half cents.

 

2. pl.

 

Defn: A jocose term for money.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shekel

shek el |ˈSHekəl ˈʃɛkəl | ▶noun the basic monetary unit of modern Israel, equal to 100 agorot. • historical a silver coin and unit of weight used in ancient Israel and the Middle East. • (shekels ) informal money; wealth. ORIGIN from Hebrew šeqel, from šāqal ‘weigh. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

shekel

shekel |ˈʃɛk (ə )l | ▶noun the basic monetary unit of modern Israel, equal to 100 agorot. • historical a silver coin and unit of weight used in ancient Israel and the Middle East. • (shekels ) informal money; wealth. ORIGIN from Hebrew šeqel, from šāqal ‘weigh ’.

 

French Dictionary

shekel

shekel n. m. nom masculin Symbole ILS (s ’écrit sans point ). Unité monétaire d ’Israël. : Des shekels.

 

Spanish Dictionary

shékel

shékel nombre masculino 1 Unidad monetaria de Israel .2 Moneda con el valor de esta unidad .Su plural es el adaptado al español shékeles, y no el tomado del hebreo shekalim .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shekel

shek el /ʃék (ə )l /名詞 C 1 シェケル 〘イスラエルの通貨単位 〙.2 シェケル 〘古代ヘブライ [バビロニア ]の重量単位; 約半オンス 〙.3 シェケル銀貨 〘古代ユダヤの通貨; 重さが1シェケルあった 〙.4 ｟俗 ｠〖～s 〗銭 ; 富 .