Beqa means “bekah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G1235 — diagregoreo (“be awake”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H1235 בֶּקַע (beqa`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. beqa` (beh'-kah) n-m. 1. a section (half) of a shekel 2. a beka (a weight and a coin) It has 2 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include shekel, man, half, weight, and every. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
beqa` (beh'-kah) n-m. 1. a section (half) of a shekel 2. a beka (a weight and a coin) [from H1234] KJV: bekah, half a shekel. Root(s): H1234
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1235. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
bekah
Usage: 1) half, part also called "shekel of the sanctuary" or "holy shekel" 2) half a shekel (meton) There appears to be at least three different shekels, one of silver, gold and copper. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment of the subject.
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
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, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1235.
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
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, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1235, grouped by book.
Beqa (Strong's H1235) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bekah". beqa` (beh'-kah) n-m. 1. a section (half) of a shekel 2. a beka (a weight and a coin)
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's H1235 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1235 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shekel, man, half, weight, every, and hundred. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
