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Ancient unit of currency
A shekel or sheqel (Akkadian: 𒅆𒅗𒇻, romanized: šiqlu, siqlu; Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎖𐎍, romanized: ṯiql, Hebrew: שקל, romanized: šeqel, plural Hebrew: שקלים,
Shekel
Currency of Israel
The new Israeli shekel (sign: ₪; ISO code: ILS; unofficial abbreviation: NIS), also known as simply the Israeli shekel, is the currency of Israel and is
Israeli_new_shekel
Currency sign for the Israeli shekel
The shekel sign ⟨₪⟩ is a currency sign used for the shekel, the currency of Israel. The Israeli new shekel (Hebrew: שקל חדש, romanized: šéqel ħadáš, IPA:
Shekel_sign
Currency of Israel between 1980 and 1985
The old Israeli shekel, then known as the shekel (Hebrew: שקל, formally sheqel, pl. שקלים, Sheqalim; Arabic: شيكل, šēkal, formerly Arabic: شيقل, šēqal
Old_Israeli_shekel
Ancient currency
historical currencies Shekel Carthaginian shekel, generally roughly half a Tyrian shekel Jerusalem shekel Bar Kochba shekel "Tyrian Shekel". Historia numorum:
Tyrian_shekel
The Festival for a Shekel (Hebrew: פסטיבל בשקל - Festival BeShekel) is an association working towards the strengthening of the Israeli peripheral areas
Festival_for_a_Shekel
Ancient Jewish religious practice
The Temple tax (מחצית השקל, lit. 'half shekel') was a tax paid by Jews in and beyond the Land of Israel for the upkeep of the Jewish Temple. Traditionally
Temple_tax
Denomination of currency
the shekel at a rate of IL10 per IS 1. The new subdivision of the shekel was named agora ẖadaša ("new agora"). There were 100 new agorot in 1 shekel. The
Israeli_agora
Highest denomination banknote of the Israeli new shekel
The two hundred new shekel note (₪200) is the highest denomination banknote of the Israeli new shekel, It was first issued in Series A 1992 with the Series
200_new_shekel_banknote
Israeli banknote
The fifty shekel note (₪50) is a banknote of the Israeli new shekel, It was first issued in Series A 1985 with the Series B in 1999 and Series C in 2014
50_new_shekel_banknote
Archaeological forgery
The three shekel ostracon is a pottery fragment bearing a forged text supposedly dating from between the 7th and 9th centuries BCE. It is 8.6 centimeters
Three_shekel_ostracon
Coins of ancient Carthage
gold, electrum, silver, billon, and bronze. The base denomination was the shekel, probably pronounced /səˈḳel/ in Punic. Only a minority of Carthaginian
Carthaginian_coinage
Currency of Israel between 1952 and 1980
It was replaced by the shekel on 24 February 1980, at the rate of IS 1 = IL 10, which was in turn replaced by the new shekel in 1985. Before the new
Israeli_pound
Israeli footballer
Yossi Shekel (Hebrew: יוסי שקל; born 24 September 1984) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Ironi Ashdod. He previously played for FC Kairat
Yossi_Shekel
Israeli currency denomination
The twenty new shekel note (₪20) is the lowest value banknote of the Israeli new shekel, It was first issued in Series A 1988, with the Series B in 1999
20_new_shekel_banknote
Units of measurement in Jewish religious texts
with units of the kikar (talent), mina, shekel, and giru (Hebrew Gerah), related to one another as follows: 1 shekel = 24 gerah 1 mina = 60 shekels 1 kikar
Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement
Biblical_and_Talmudic_units_of_measurement
Country in West Asia
37.9 medium inequality HDI (2023) 0.919 very high (27th) Currency New shekel (₪) (ILS) Time zone UTC+2:00 (IST) • Summer (DST) UTC+3:00 (IDT) Calling
Israel
Function used as a performance test problem for optimization algorithms
The Shekel function or also Shekel's foxholes is a multidimensional, multimodal, continuous, deterministic function commonly used as a test function for
Shekel_function
American Christian rock band
Ten Shekel Shirt was a Christian rock band based in New Haven, Connecticut. The band was founded by Lamont Hiebert. Its other members are Jonny Rodgers
Ten_Shekel_Shirt
Currency of the British Mandate of Palestine and later Israel from 1927 to 1952
primary currencies used in the West Bank have been the shekel and the Jordanian dinar. The shekel is used for most transactions, especially retail, while
Palestine_pound
Israeli currency denomination
The one hundred new shekel note (₪100) is a banknote of the Israeli new shekel, It was first issued in Series A 1986, with the Series B in 1999 and Series
100_new_shekel_banknote
Achaemenid dynasty (550–350 BCE). The shekel and mina ("profane" or "sacred") were units of both weight and volume. A shekel or mina weight was equal to the
Persian_units_of_measurement
Coins minted by the Jews of Judaea during the First Jewish–Roman War
year of the revolt above, surrounded by the ancient Hebrew inscription "Shekel of Israel". Three budding pomegranates are featured on the reverse, with
First_Jewish_Revolt_coinage
Ancient Jewish silver coin
Domitian, Trajan, and Hadrian. Four zuzim, denarii or drachmas make a shekel, a sela or a tetradrachm. Several different etymologies have been suggested
Zuz_(Jewish_coin)
Claim about an Israeli coin
appeared on the 100 shekel coin issued by the Bank of Israel on 2 May 1984. When the old shekel currency was replaced by the new shekel in September 1985
10_agorot_controversy
Ukrainian cyclist
Olga Shekel (Ukrainian: Ольга Шекель; born 28 May 1994) is a Ukrainian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team A.R. Monex
Olga_Shekel
Biological kingdom
never grow larger than 20 μm, and one of the smallest species (Myxobolus shekel) is no more than 8.5 μm when fully grown. The blue whale is the largest
Animal
Punctuation conventions of the Hebrew language over time
which is written left to right. The shekel sign (₪) is the currency sign for the Israeli currency (the Israeli new shekel), in the way $, £, and € exist for
Hebrew_punctuation
Ancient unit of mass
Phoenicians, and later by the Hebrews. The Babylonian weights are approximately: shekel (8.4 g, 0.30 oz), mina (504 g, 1 lb 1.8 oz) and talent (30.2 kg, 66 lb 9 oz)
Talent_(measurement)
Monetary authority of Israel
Article 41 and 44 of its Statute, the exclusive right to issue Israeli Shekel banknotes and coins. When Israel gained independence in 1948, the power
Bank_of_Israel
Chapter of the New Testament
the "half shekel", and sometimes change the money for it to themselves. It was a custom for every Israelite, once a year, to pay half a shekel towards the
Matthew_21
Price paid during Jesus's betrayal
in present-day value (USD) depending on which coin was used. The Tyrian shekel weighed four Athenian drachmas, about 14 grams, more than earlier 11-gram
Thirty_pieces_of_silver
Biblical figure and Israelite monarch
contends that further editing was done even after then—the silver quarter-shekel Saul's servant offers to Samuel in 1 Samuel 9:8 "almost certainly fixes
David
India and Sri Lanka) Shah (Шаг) – Ukraine Shekel New Shekel (שקל חדש) – Israel, Gaza Strip, West Bank Shekel (שקל) – Israel, Gaza Strip, West Bank Shilling
List_of_currencies
Coins used by the Jewish rebel state during the Bar Kokhba revolt
Ma'ah, Aramaic for gerah, ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency Prutah Shekel, ancient Near Eastern unit of weight and coin Zuz, ancient Jewish name for
Bar_Kokhba_Revolt_coinage
Czech rabbi (c. 1720–1806)
and Halakhist, best known for his work Machatzit HaShekel (Ashkenazi pronunciation, Machatzis HaShekel). The son of Nathan Naṭe ha-Levi, he was born at
Samuel_Loew
Retrieved 2014-06-14. "ILS - Israeli Shekel". Xe.com. 18 October 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2014. "ILS | Israeli New Shekel". OANDA. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
List of currencies in the Arab world
List_of_currencies_in_the_Arab_world
Retrieved 2014-06-14. "ILS - Israeli Shekel". Xe.com. 18 October 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2014. "ILS | Israeli New Shekel". OANDA. Retrieved 2014-06-14. "JPY
List_of_currencies_in_Asia
Israeli telecommunications company
billion (2015) Operating income 1,710,000,000 new shekel (2020) Net income 1,040,000,000 new shekel (2020) Number of employees 15,132 Subsidiaries Pelephone
Bezeq
Ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency
27:25, Numbers 3:47, 18:16), was equivalent to 1⁄20 of a standard "sacred" shekel. A gerah is known in Aramaic, and usually in Rabbinic literature, as a ma'ah
Gerah
Israeli author and journalist (born 1968)
with disabilities. She has an autistic daughter. Lapid is president of SHEKEL, a community organization for people with special needs. Lapid, Lihi; Tovia
Lihi_Lapid
Ancient Near Eastern unit of weight
pounds (0.57 kg), which was divided into 60 shekels. The mina, like the shekel, eventually also became a unit of currency. From earliest Sumerian times
Mina_(unit)
Alexandrian coinage Ptolemaic coinage Seleucid coinage Bactrian coinage Tyrian shekel Stater (electrum and silver) Trite (coin) (electrum third of a stater) Hekte
List_of_historical_currencies
Nabataean king
bronze. The silver coins were issued in two denominations: half-shekel and quarter-shekel. Carrying Nabataean Aramaic legends, they read, "Malichus the
Malichus_I
Jewish diaspora of Central Europe
on pilgrimages and making voluntary donations to the Temple via the half-shekel tax. Following the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, this internal contribution
Ashkenazi_Jews
Class of Israeli Navy corvettes ordered in 2015
in 2020. Construction cost was estimated at NIS 1.8 billion Israeli new shekel (NIS) or roughly 430 million Euros ($480 million). Israel will pay for two
Sa'ar_6-class_corvette
Country in West Asia
persisted during this period, including the continued use of the silver shekel. Babylonian chronicle fragments record Seleucid rulers engaging with local
Iraq
Israeli poet
(רחל המשוררת [ʁaˈχel (h)am(e)ʃoˈʁeʁet]). She is featured on Israel's 20 Shekel Banknote. Rachel was born in Saratov in Imperial Russia on 20 September
Rachel_Bluwstein
Hebrew character encoding by IBM
nonprinting characters for bidirectional text support, a euro sign and a shekel sign. The code page ID is conflictive with a NEC code page for the Kamenický
Code_page_867
Standard defining codes for currencies
Kiribati NIS ILS 2 Israeli shekel Israel NIS stands for New Israeli Shekel, the currency that replaced the first Israeli shekel due to hyperinflation. NIS
ISO_4217
Country in West Asia
medium inequality HDI (2023) 0.674 medium (133rd) Currency Israeli new shekel Jordanian dinar Egyptian pound Time zone UTC+2 (Palestine Standard Time)
Palestine
World currencies
Manx pound £ (none) Penny 100 Sterling £ GBP Penny 100 Israel Israeli new shekel ₪ ILS Agora 100 Italy Euro € EUR Cent 100 Jamaica Jamaican dollar $ JMD
List of circulating currencies
List_of_circulating_currencies
Israeli software company
restructure around artificial intelligence and the appreciation of the Israeli shekel against the US dollar, which increased the cost of its Israel-based workforce
Wix.com
Oldest surviving law code, from Mesopotamia
the man of one shekel was not delivered up to the man of one mina. One mina (1⁄60 of a talent) was made equal to 60 shekels (1 shekel = 8.3 grams, or
Code_of_Ur-Nammu
Bible story in the Book of Daniel
ancient versions have only one mənê instead of two); a təqêl, equivalent to a shekel; and p̄arsîn, meaning "half-pieces". The last involves a word-play on the
Belshazzar's_feast
Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage
the obverse usually identified as the goddess Tanit, whose iconography may have influenced Virgil's imagery of Juno and Dido (shekel, c. 153–146 BC[1])
Dido
First edition 2019 (2019) Editions 2 (as of 2020) First winner Ina Savenka (BLR) Most wins Olga Shekel (UKR) (2 wins) Most recent Olga Shekel (UKR)
Grand Prix Gazipaşa (women's race)
Grand_Prix_Gazipaşa_(women's_race)
Fixed tax paid by every liable individual
them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD
Poll_tax
Governing entity in Judea (66 CE–68 CE)
symbols including pomegranate buds, lulavs, etrogs, and phrases including "Shekel of Israel," and "The Freedom of Zion" (חרות ציון Herut Zion), as political
Judean_provisional_government
Genus of marine parasites
harbour a dozen Myxobolus species. One of the smallest species (Myxobolus shekel) is no more than 8.5 μm (0.0085 mm) when fully grown, making it the smallest
Myxobolus
Annual ranking by net worth by Forbes magazine
million people. However, not all of them permanently reside in Israel. In shekel (₪) terms, Israel had 170 billionaires in the same year. Forbes also lists
List_of_Israelis_by_net_worth
Currency of Jordan
It continues to be widely used in the West Bank alongside the Israeli shekel. In 1988 and 1989, the dinar depreciated substantially due to mounting foreign
Jordanian_dinar
Topics referred to by the same term
Spoorweg Maatschappij, railway company in the Dutch East Indies New Israeli Shekel, is the current currency of Israel Nippon Ichi Software, a video game developer
NIS
Topics referred to by the same term
a satellite cable channel in Taiwan Much (album), a 2001 album by Ten Shekel Shirt Much the Miller's Son, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men from the earliest
Much
Tractate of the order Moed of the Mishnah
tractate in the order of Moed in the Mishnah. Its main subject is the half-shekel tax that ancient Jews paid every year to make possible the maintenance and
Shekalim_(tractate)
Financial infrastructure group
New Zealand dollar and South African rand in December 2004; the Israeli shekel and Mexican peso in May 2008; and the Hungarian forint in November 2015
CLS_Group
Non-governmental organization
the purchase of the "Zionist Shekel" i.e. a membership fee or donation named after the ancient Hebrew coin, the shekel. Delegations from all around the
World_Zionist_Organization
Topics referred to by the same term
fact or empirical state with finite limits in space and time Old Israeli Shekel, commonly denominated as IS Islamic State, transnational Salafi jihadist
IS
Name list
Israeli government) Yossi Shain – Israeli scholar and politician Yossi Shekel – Israeli football player Yossi Shivhon – Israeli football player Yossi
Yossi
Form of psychotherapy
parody website advertising "sudotherapy" created by a fictional "Fatima Shekel" appeared on the internet in the 1990s. Proponents of EMDR described the
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing
dinar 741,398 dinar 719,453 0.000764 2023–10 568 550 1,519 Israel shekel 14,344 shekel 11,340 0.345 2026–02 4,958 3,922 3,080 Japan JP¥ 382,917 JP¥ 296
List of Asian countries by average wage
List_of_Asian_countries_by_average_wage
Aspect of Iranian history
similar silver coin, the siglos (from Ancient Greek: σίγλος, Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל, shékel) represented the first bimetallic monetary standard. It seems that before
Achaemenid_coinage
Area of production, distribution, trade of, and consumption of goods and services
records. The ancient economy was based primarily on subsistence farming. The Shekel are the first to refer to a unit of weight and currency, used by the Semitic
Economy
Client state of Israel (1979–1984)
Population • 150,000 (est.) Currency Lebanese pound (LBP) Old Israeli shekel (IS) Preceded by Succeeded by Lebanon Fatahland Israeli occupation of Southern
State_of_Free_Lebanon
Stock exchange located in Tel Aviv, Israel
shares surge, shekel up after US-Israeli strikes on Iran". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 2026-03-04. "Israel's stocks and shekel jump after
Tel_Aviv_Stock_Exchange
2002 weird fantasy novel by China Miéville
magically altered as punishment for his crime) who is bound for slavery. Shekel, a young cabin boy who befriends Tanner. Before the ship reaches Nova Esperium
The_Scar_(novel)
Species of palm
attempt to confirm their medicinal value. Its likeness was engraved on the shekel, the ancient Hebrew unit of currency. According to historical sources, Judean
Judean_date_palm
2024 killing of Hamas leader
killing of Sinwar "is not the end of the war in Gaza." The Israeli new shekel appreciated by 0.75% against the dollar and 1.4% against the euro on the
Killing_of_Yahya_Sinwar
Israeli daily newspaper
lost about 730 million shekels ($190 million), approximately equal to a shekel per copy printed. Miriam Adelson is the publisher; commentators include
Israel_Hayom
Wars between Rome and Carthage (264–146 BC)
A Carthaginian quarter-shekel, dated 237–209 BC, depicting the Punic god Melqart (who was associated with Hercules/Heracles). On the reverse is an elephant;
Punic_Wars
Chapter of the New Testament
(or shekel) coin would be exactly enough to pay the temple tax (a two-drachma coin) for two people. It is usually thought to be a Tyrian shekel. Elijah
Matthew_17
Australian politician and diplomat (born 1975)
as ambassador on 19 June 2017. As of 2018[update] Sharma was chairman of Shekel Brainweigh Ltd, an Israeli technology company. He was reported to be helping
Dave_Sharma
Ancient Anatolian people of Kussara
from other great kingdoms where it could be 60 to 1. One shekel being 8.3 gram. A silver shekel being worth 150l of wheat, you could buy 3,600 square meters
Hittites
West Bank area under the Oslo II Accord
Bank area under the Oslo II Accord Interactive map of Area A Established 1995 Largest city Nablus (156,906) Currency Israeli new shekel Jordanian dinar
Area_A
Monetary unit of a number of countries
became the French franc Israeli lira/pound 1948–1980; replaced by the old shekel in 1980. Italian lira 1861–2002; merged into the euro, 1999 (notes and coins
Lira
A sprig of pomegranates (right) depicted on a silver shekel of the Great Jewish Revolt (66–73 AD), featuring the inscription 'Jerusalem the Holy' in Paleo-Hebrew
Pomegranates_in_culture
2025 film festival in Italy
and Anne Sofie Steen Sverdrup Denmark, Germany, Taiwan Eddie and I Maya Shekel Israel, Germany, France Empathy Creatures Mélodie Mousset Switzerland The
82nd Venice International Film Festival
82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival
Base sixty numeral system
divided into 60 manû (mina), which was further subdivided into 60 šiqlu (shekel); the descendants of these units persisted for millennia, though the Greeks
Sexagesimal
34th in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah readings
firstborn was originally offered as a sacrifice. Numbers 3:47 reports that a shekel equals 20 gerahs. This table translates units of weight used in the Bible:
Bemidbar_(parashah)
Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 to 1969
was chosen for the five-thousand old Israeli shekel bill, replaced in 1985 by the five new Israeli shekel bill. Since 1990, his image is found on a limited
Levi_Eshkol
Association football club in Israel
Reds" in Hebrew, that establish at the summer of 2012 and raise 2 million shekel for 20% of the ownership. The other part of the club sold to several other
Hapoel_Tel_Aviv_F.C.
similar silver coin, the siglos, (From Ancient Greek σίγλος, Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel)) represented the bimetallic monetary standard of the Achaemenid Persian
History_of_coins
Jewish firstborn son redeemed from a kohen
authorities believe that the Shekel HaKodesh (Holy Shekel) of the Temple was larger and of purer silver content than the standard shekel used for trade in ancient
Pidyon_haben
2025 speech by Benjamin Netanyahu
"very strong, amazes the entire world, and contrary to all forecasts, the shekel is stronger than it was before the war". Athens International isolation
Sparta_Speech
Controversial social news site subreddits
already been terminated earlier that year. Associated subreddits r/BillionShekelSupreme, r/milliondollarextreme2, r/ChadRight, and several others were subsequently
Controversial Reddit communities
Controversial_Reddit_communities
Temple in Jerusalem (c. 516 BCE–70 CE)
that his masterpiece was the Temple of Jerusalem. Later, the sanctuary shekel was reinstituted to support the temple as the temple tax. According to Josephus
Second_Temple
Oslo II division of the West Bank under full Israeli control
516 km2 (1,358 sq mi) Elevation 1,016 m (3,333 ft) Population • 2023 estimate 491,548 Israelis 354,000 Palestinians Currency Israeli new shekel (ILS)
Area_C
Mother of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses in the Bible
biblical description of the dedication of the Israelite altar, at which 130 shekel weight of silver was offered according to Exodus Rabbah 1:23 and Numbers
Jochebed
Western region of Asia
Israel 20,770 8,900,059 365.3 Jerusalem $353.65 billion $39,106 Israeli new shekel Parliamentary republic Hebrew Jordan 92,300 11,148,278 68.4 Amman $30.98
West_Asia
History of the State of Israel since its independence
(known as the old Israeli shekel) was replaced and renamed the Israeli new shekel at a rate of 1,000 old shkalim = 1 new shekel. In October 1985 Israel
History of Israel (1948–present)
History_of_Israel_(1948–present)
SHEKEL
SHEKEL
SHEKEL
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Piece of Heart; Very Close; Part of Heart
Male
Hebrew
(×ֱלִימֶלֶךְ) Hebrew name ELIYMELEK means "my God is King." In the bible, this is the name of the husband of Naomi.
Boy/Male
Arabic
War.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Sindhi
Kind; Who Always Forgives; Ruler of the World
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
World Traveler; Jagvihari
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
Muslim
The Biblical Abel is the English language equivalent.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Strong
Boy/Male
Greek American German
God given.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Shiva
SHEKEL
SHEKEL
SHEKEL
SHEKEL
SHEKEL
n.
Half a shekel.
v. t.
Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
n.
A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
n.
An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
n.
A jocose term for money.
n.
A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.
n.
A shekel.