cekeri

n.

1. shekel. Shekel. An ancient unit of weight and currency used in biblical times, particularly among the Israelites.

Example: nuthu ĩo ya cekeri ĩgĩtuĩke nĩyo ĩrĩrutagĩrũo Jehova. (This is what everyone who is enrolled must pay: a half-shekel, according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel—twenty gerahs to the shekel—a half-shekel contribution to the L ord . Mt 17:24–27.); na gĩciko kĩmwe gĩa thahabu gĩa cekeri ikũmi kĩiyũrĩte ũbumba; (one gold cup of ten shekels’ weight filled with incense;)