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Two words are thus rendered in the King James Version (קשׂיטה, kÌ£esı̄tÌ£ah; στατηÌÏ, stateÌ„Ìr). the Revised Version (British and American) gives only the first this rendering (). It is supposed to be from Arabic kÌ£assatÌ£, “to divide equally by weight,†and hence, something weighed; a piece of silver weighed for money, and perhaps stamped with its weight. The stater is the well-known Greek weight and coin ( the King James Version, margin, “stater,†the Revised Version (British and American) “shekelâ€). In gold it was equal to about a guinea or five dollars, but in silver only to about 66 cents (in 1915).