Mina vs. Shekel — What's the Difference?

A varying unit of weight or money used in ancient Greece and Asia.

Shekel or sheqel (Akkadian: ??? šiqlu or siqlu, Hebrew: שקל, plural שקלים‎ sheqalim or shekels, Phoenician: ???‎) is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.39 oz)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.

Alternative spelling of myna

Any of several ancient units of weight, especially a Hebrew unit equal to about a half ounce.

(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.

A gold or silver coin equal in weight to one of these units, especially the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews.

(historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent.

Variant of sheqel.

An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.

A coin.

See Myna.

Shekels Money.

Tropical Asian starlings

A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.

(slang) Money.

(historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

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

A jocose term for money.

The basic unit of money in Israel