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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 the one who had received the one went and dug a hole 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 put my money with the bankers, and at my return I would have received my money back with interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:15 - and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over to you?” And they weighed out [fn]thirty pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3 -

When Judas, His betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was gripped with remorse and returned 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 the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary, he left; and went away and [fn]hanged himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:6 - The chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, “It is not lawful to put these in the treasury [of the temple], because it is the price of blood.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 - Then the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet were fulfilled: “AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF HIM ON WHOM A PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - And when the chief priests had gathered with the elders and had consulted together [to develop a plan of deception], they gave a sufficient sum of money [as a bribe] to the soldiers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15 - So they took the money [they were paid for lying] and did as they were instructed; and this [fabricated] story was widely spread among the Jews, and is to the present day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - When they heard this they were delighted, and promised to give him money. And he began looking for an opportune time to betray Jesus.

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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 [that might encumber you]—neither a walking stick, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two [fn]tunics apiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - “When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these servants, to whom he had given the money, be called to him, that he might find out what business they had done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - ‘Then why did you not [at the very least] put my money in a bank? Then on my return, I would have collected it with interest.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:5 - They were delighted and agreed with him to give him money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:6 - But Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have; but what I do have I give to you: In the name (authority, power) of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—[begin now to] walk and go on walking!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:16 - and [from Egypt] [fn]their bodies were taken back to Shechem and placed in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money 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 money be destroyed along with you, because you thought you could buy the [free] gift of God with money!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And many of those who had practiced magical arts collected their books and [throwing book after book on the pile] began burning them in front of everyone. They calculated their value and found it to be [fn]50,000 pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 - “I had no desire for anyone’s silver or gold or [expensive] clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 - For you know that you were not redeemed from your useless [spiritually unproductive] way of life inherited [by tradition] from your forefathers with perishable things like silver and gold,
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