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Lexicon :: Strong's G694 - argyrion

Aa
ἀργύριον
Transliteration
argyrion (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-goo'-ree-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of a presumed derivative of ἄργυρος (G696)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀργύριον argýrion, ar-goo'-ree-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G696; silvery, i.e. (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e. drachma or shekel):—money, (piece of) silver (piece).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G694 in the following manner: money (11x), piece of silver (5x), silver (3x), silver piece (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G694 in the following manner: money (11x), piece of silver (5x), silver (3x), silver piece (1x).

  1. silver

  2. money

  3. a silver coin, silver piece, a shekel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀργύριον argýrion, ar-goo'-ree-on; neuter of a presumed derivative of G696; silvery, i.e. (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e. drachma or shekel):—money, (piece of) silver (piece).
STRONGS G694:
ἀργύριον, -ου, τό, (from ἄργυρος, which see), [from Herodotus down];
1. silver: Acts 3:6; Acts 7:16; Acts 20:33; 1 Peter 1:18; [1 Corinthians 3:12 T Tr WH].
2. money: simply, Matthew 25:18, 27; Mark 14:11; Luke 9:3; Luke 19:15, 23; Luke 22:5; Acts 8:20; plural, [Matthew 28:12], Matthew 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 B. C. 141) down (cf. 1 Macc. 15:6f [yet see B. D. under the word Money, 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 Piece of Silver]): Matthew 26:15; Matthew 27:3, 5f, 9. In Acts 19:19, ἀργυρίον μυριάδες πέντε fifty thousand pieces of silver (German 50,000 in Silber equivalent to Silbergeld), doubtless drachmas [cf. δηνάριον] are meant; cf. Meyer [and others] at the passage.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
25:18; 25:27; 26:15; 27:3; 27:5; 27:9; 28:12; 28:15
Mark
14:11
Luke
9:3; 19:15; 19:23; 22:5
Acts
3:6; 7:16; 8:20; 19:19; 20:33
1 Corinthians
3:12
1 Peter
1:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G694 matches the Greek ἀργύριον (argyrion),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:27 - Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:15 - What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3 - Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:5 - And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:6 - And the chief priests took the silver and said, It is not right to put it in the Temple store for it is the price of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 - Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15 - So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - And hearing what he said, they were glad, and gave him their word to make him a payment of money. And he took thought how he might best give him up to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:3 - And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no stick or bag or bread or money, and do not take two coats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:5 - And they were glad, and undertook to give him money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:6 - But Peter said, I have no silver or gold, but what I have, that I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up on your feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:16 - And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 - I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 - Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
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