Bible Dictionaries
Shekel

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

(2):

(n.) A jocose term for money.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shekel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shekel.html. 1828.