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Definition of Bekah
1. n. Half a shekel.
Definition of Bekah
1. Noun. (alternative form of beka) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bekah
1. a half-shekel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bekah
Literary usage of Bekah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"4. Weights. The shekel; mane, or minah . talent. 5. Money. The shekel; bekah ;
diner, or denarius; mean, gerah, ..."
2. Eastern arts and antiquities mentioned in the sacred Scriptures (1840)
"The representations given, are from coins used among various nations of antiquity.
No. 8, probably, refers to the Hebrew shekel here described. bekah. ..."
3. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1882)
"A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary,
for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, ..."
4. Memoir of Elder George Evans by Jonas Evans (1857)
"... son oT Thomas and Re- bekah Evans, was born in Reading, (now South Reading)
Mass., Sept 26th, 1784. He had naturally a good constitution and active ..."
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