ALL meanings of shekel
shek·el
S s - noun shekel currency of Israel 1
- noun,plural shekel money, cash 1
- noun shekel Also, sheqel. a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel equal to 100 agorot: replaced the pound in 1980. 1
- noun shekel an ancient, originally Babylonian, unit of weight, of varying value, taken as equal to the fiftieth or the sixtieth part of a mina or to about a quarter to half an ounce. 1
- noun shekel a coin of this weight, especially the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews. 1
- noun shekel shekels, Slang. money; cash. 1
- noun shekel the standard monetary unit of modern Israel, divided into 100 agorot 0
- noun shekel any of several former coins and units of weight of the Near East 0
- noun shekel any coin or money 0
- noun shekel an ancient unit of weight used by Hebrews, Babylonians, etc., equal to about half an ounce 0
- noun shekel a half-ounce gold or silver coin of the ancient Hebrews 0
- noun shekel the basic monetary unit of Israel 0
- noun shekel money 0