eRhema Explore
Word

κερματιστής

kermatistḗs · G2773 · Greek · 1 occurrence

See all 1 in Search

Meanings

  1. moneychanger

    One who exchanges currency, either in terms of different types of currency or different values of the same currency

    Examples

    John 2:14 And within the temple grounds He found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 1 word
κολλυβιστής kollybistḗs · G2855 · moneychanger
Both terms denote the same occupation of Temple money-changing. One emphasizes the breaking of coins, the other the commission taken on exchange, but these are variant terms for a single professional role rather than distinct referents.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Moneychanger57.205
κερματιστής designates one who exchanges currency, typically for a fee, especially at the temple. John 2:14 describes Jesus finding in the temple grounds “those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables,” the κερματισταί conducting their exchange business within the sacred precincts.
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κείρω keírō · G2751 · to cut hair, to shear · 4×κέρμα kérma · G2772 · coin, change · 1×κερματιστήςkermatistḗs · G2773
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κερματιστου ὁ (κερματίζω) (to cut into 'small pieces, to make small change)), a…
κερματιστου ὁ (κερματίζω) (to cut into 'small pieces, to make small change)), a money-changer; money-broker: Jn 2:14. In the court of the Gentiles ((see ἱερόν, and Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 244f)) in the temple at Jerusalem were the seats of those who sold such animals for sacrifice as had been selected, examined, and approved, together with incense, oil, and other things needed in making offerings and in worship; and the magnitude of this traffic had introduced the banker's or broker's business; (cf. BB. DD. under the word ; especially Edersheim as above, p. 367ff). (Nicet. annal. 7, 2, p. 266, Bekker edition; Max. Tyr. diss. 2, p. 15, Markland edition.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Earn, Gain, Do Business1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.