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.