ἀργύριον
argýrion · G694 · Greek · 21 occurrences
Thing
- Money, coinsCommerce363 verses
Meanings
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silver
The metal silver; after gold the next most highly valued metal in the ancient world
Examples1 Peter 1:18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,
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silver money, silver coin
Silver in the form of stamped coins used as money
ExamplesMatthew 25:18 “But he who received the one talent went away and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
Matthew 25:27 ‘Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.
Matthew 26:15 and said, “What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
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money
(An idiom, literally: silver and gold) A generic expression for currency
ExamplesActs 3:6 But Peter said, “I do not have silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!”
Acts 20:33 “I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothes.
1 Peter 1:18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,
How it’s used In 7 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
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἐγώI, we 2
- κύριοςLord 1
- οὐδείςno one 1
- σύyou 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- τριάκονταthirty 3
- ἱκανόςconsiderable, many, worthy 1
- φθαρτόςperishable 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τιμήhonor 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑπάρχωto be 1
What is done to itIt is the object
14 occurrences in 9 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 5
- λαμβάνωto receive, to take 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπώλειαdestruction 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- μυριάςmyriads, ten thousand 1
- τιμήhonor 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- כֶּסֶף keçeph · H3701 · silver, money
- Hebrew כֶּסֶף (keçeph, H3701) and Greek ἀργύριον (argýrion, G694) are direct translation equivalents denoting silver as metal, money, or currency, with both lexemes covering the semantic range from the physical precious metal to monetary value represented thereby.
- כְּסַף kᵉçaph · H3702 · money, silver
- Greek ἀργύριον (silvery/cash/silverling) is the standard LXX rendering of Aramaic כְּסַף (silver/money), forming a direct cross-linguistic translation equivalent pair where the Greek term transparently captures both the precious-metal substrate and monetary function denoted by the Aramaic lemma.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Silver2.51
- In 1 Corinthians 3:12, Paul writes, “if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver (argýrion), precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,” naming silver as a raw building material alongside other substances.
- Money6.69
- In Matthew 25:18, in the parable of the talents, the servant who received one talent “went away and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money (argýrion),” describing wealth in general rather than a specific coin.
- Silver money, silver coin6.73
- In Matthew 26:15, the chief priests “set out for him thirty pieces of silver (argýria)” to betray Jesus, naming a specific, countable sum of silver coins.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀργυρίου, τό (from ἄργυρος, which see) (fr. Herodotus down); 1. silver: Acts 3:6; Acts…
1. silver: Acts 3:6; Acts 7:16; Acts 20:33; 1 Pet 1:18; (1 Cor 3:12 T Tr WH).
2. money: simply, Mt 25:18, Mt 25:27; Mk 14:11; Lk 9:3; Lk 19:15, Lk 19:23; Lk 22:5; Acts 8:20; plural, (Mt 28:12),Mt 28:15.
3. Specifically, a silver coin, silver-piece (Luther, Silberling), שֶׁקֶל σίκλος, shekel (see B. D. under the word), i. e. a coin in circulation among the Jews after the exile, from the time of Simon (circa ) down (cf. 1 Macc. 15:6f (yet see B. D. under the word , and references in Schürer, N. T. Zeitgesch. § 7)); according to Josephus (Antiquities 3, 8, 2) equal to the Attic tetradrachm or the Alexandrian didrachm (cf. στατήρ (B. D. under the word )): Mt 26:15; Mt 27:3, Mt 27:5f, 9. In Acts 19:19, ἀργύριον μυριάδες πέντε fifty thousand pieces of silver (German 50,000inSilber equivalent toSilbergeld), doubtless drachmas (cf. δηνάριον) are meant; cf. Meyer (et al.) at the passage.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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