1 | Strong's Number: g694 | Greek: argurion |
Money:
properly, "a piece of silver," denotes
(a) "silver," e.g., Act 3:6;
(b) a "silver coin," often in the plural, "pieces of silver," e.g., Mat 26:15; so Mat 28:12, where the meaning is "many, (hikanos) pieces of silver;"
(c) "money;" it has this meaning in Mat 25:18, 27; 28:15; Mar 14:11; Luk 9:3; 19:15, 23; 22:5; Act 8:20 (here the RV has "silver").
Note: In Act 7:16, for the AV, "(a sum of) money," the RV has "(a price in) silver."
See SILVER.
2 | Strong's Number: g5536 | Greek: chrema |
Money:
lit., "a thing that one uses" (akin to chraomai, "to use"), hence,
(a) "wealth, riches," Mar 10:23, 24; Luk 18:24;
(b) "money," Act 4:37, singular number, "a sum of money;" plural in 8:18, 20; 24:26.
See RICHES.
3 | Strong's Number: g5475 | Greek: chalkos |
Money:
"copper," is used, by metonymy, of "copper coin," translated "money," in Mar 6:8; 12:41.
See BRASS.
4 | Strong's Number: g2772 | Greek: kerma |
Money:
primarily "a slice" (akin to keiro, "to cut short"), hence, "a small coin, change," is used in the plural in Jhn 2:15, "the changers' money," probably considerable heaps of small coins.
5 | Strong's Number: g3546 | Greek: nomisma |
Money:
primarily "that which is established by custom" (nomos, "a custom, law"), hence, "the current coin of a state, currency," is found in Mat 22:19, "(tribute) money." In the Sept., Neh 7:71.
Note: In Mat 17:27, AV, stater ("a coin," estimated at a little over three shillings, equivalent to four drachmae, the temple-tax for two persons), is translated "piece of money" (RV, "shekel").
See SHEKEL.
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