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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Matthew
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25:18; 25:27; 26:15; 27:3; 27:5; 27:9; 28:12; 28:15
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Mark
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14:11
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Luke
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9:3; 19:15; 19:23; 22:5
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Acts
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3:6; 7:16; 8:20; 19:19; 20:33
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1 Corinthians
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3:12
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1 Peter
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1:18