◄ 694. argurion ►
Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 694: ἀργύριον ἀργύριον, ἀργυρίου, τό (from ἄργυρος, which see) (fr. 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),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 )): Matthew 26:15; Matthew 27:3, 5f, 9. In Acts 19:19, ἀργύριον μυριάδες πέντε fifty thousand pieces of silver (German 50,000in Silber equivalent toSilbergeld), doubtless drachmas (cf. δηνάριον) are meant; cf. Meyer (et al.) at the passage. Forms and Transliterations αργυρια αργύρια ἀργύρια ἀργύριά αργυριον αργύριον αργύριόν ἀργύριον ἀργύριόν αργυριου αργυρίου ἀργυρίου αργυριω αργυρίω ἀργυρίῳ αργυροκοπεί ἄργυρον arguria argurio arguriō argurion arguriou arguron argyria argýria argýriá argyrio argyriō argyríoi argyríōi argyrion argýrion argýrión argyriou argyríou argyron árgyron Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts