νόμισμα
nómisma · G3546 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Money, coinsCommerce363 verses
Meanings
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coin
Common and official currency
ExamplesMatthew 22:19 “Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κῆνσοςtax 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπιδείκνυμιto show 1
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.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- δραχμή drachmḗ · G1406 · drachma
- δραχμή is a specific type of coin in Greek currency, while νόμισμα is the generic term for any current coin or legal tender. They are near synonyms in that both refer to coined money, but δραχμή specifies a particular denomination whereas νόμισμα is the general category.
- ἀργύριον argýrion · G694 · silver, silver money, silver coin
- ἀργύριον denotes silver or money more generally, often referring to silver coins or currency. While νόμισμα emphasizes the concept of legally current coin (what is officially recognized as money), ἀργύριον can refer to silver as material or as medium of exchange. They overlap substantially in contexts referring to coined money.
- κέρμα kérma · G2772 · coin, change
- κέρμα refers specifically to small change or coins, particularly in the context of money-changers. While νόμισμα is the general term for current coin or legal tender, κέρμα often denotes the smaller denominations or the physical pieces themselves. Both refer to coined money but with different emphases.
In the other Testament 1 word
- כֶּסֶף keçeph · H3701 · silver, money
- כֶּסֶף (keseph) is the standard Hebrew word for silver and money, serving as the functional equivalent for νόμισμα (coin) in monetary contexts. While νόμισμα specifically denotes coined money, כֶּסֶף covers both silver as material and as medium of exchange, making it the natural Hebrew translation equivalent in passages dealing with currency.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Coin6.70
- Responding to the question about paying taxes, Matthew 22:19 states “Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax. And they brought Him a denarius,” where “coin” renders this noun for a piece of currency.
Word family 22 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νομισματος, τό (νομίζω, which see); 1. anything received and sanctioned by usage or law…
1. anything received and sanctioned by usage or law (Tragg., Aristophanes).
2. money (current) coin (cf. our lawful money): Mt 22:19 (and in Greek writings from Euripides, and Aristophanes down).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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