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Lexicon :: Strong's G694 - argyrion

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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 Box Mat 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 - But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master’s money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:27 - Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:15 - and said, “What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3 - Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus[fn] was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:5 - And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:6 - But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 - Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15 - So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:3 - And he said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - When he returned, having received the kingdom, he ordered these servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by doing business.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:6 - But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:16 - and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 - I coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 - knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
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