Preposition: of

• silver: I also grant fifteen thousand shekels of silver yearly out of the king's revenues from appropriate places.

• gold: And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold.

Converse of object

• weigh: Oh, he's also got a spear with an iron point weighed six hundred shekels.

• pay: He pays a few shekels then goes out onto the street.

• take: So I took the thirty shekels of silver and cast them into the treasury in the house of the LORD.

• steal: Obviously he had no respect for his mother, stealing 1100 silver shekels.

• get: They got the shekels, and Findlay gives a few heckles.

Adjective modifier

• few: He pays a few shekels then goes out onto the street.

• silver: Obviously he had no respect for his mother, stealing 1100 silver shekels.

• new: The fare is 5 new shekels ( 60p ).

• many: And they shall be paid many more shekels than the Sidemen.

• more: And they shall be paid many more shekels than the Sidemen.

Modifies a noun

• weight: I saw a beautiful mantle and 200 shekels of silver and 50 shekels weight of gold.

Noun used with modifier

• half: The Hasmonaeans also instituted the duty of paying a half shekel to the temple.

• silver: In Genesis 37:28, Joseph was sold by his brothers to slave traders on their way to Egypt for 20 silver shekels.