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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 12 times in 11 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:22 -

Your silver has become dross to be discarded,

your beer[fn] is diluted with water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7 -

Their[fn][fn] land is full of silver and gold,

and there is no limit to their treasures;

their land is full of horses,

and there is no limit to their chariots.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 -

Look! I am stirring up the Medes against them,

who cannot be bought off with[fn] silver

and who have no desire for gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 -

Hezekiah was pleased with the letters, and he showed the envoys his treasure house ​— ​the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil ​— ​and all his armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24 -

“You have not bought me aromatic cane with silver,

or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.

But you have burdened me with your sins;

you have wearied me with your iniquities.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 -

“Those who pour out their bags of gold

and weigh out silver on scales —

they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.

Then they kneel and bow down to it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 -

“Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested[fn] you in the furnace of affliction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:3 -

For this is what the LORD says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and you will be redeemed without silver.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 -

“Come, everyone who is thirsty,

come to the water;

and you without silver,

come, buy, and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk

without silver and without cost!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:2 -

“Why do you spend silver on what is not food,

and your wages on what does not satisfy?

Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,

and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 -

I will bring gold instead of bronze;

I will bring silver instead of iron,

bronze instead of wood,

and iron instead of stones.

I will appoint peace as your government

and righteousness as your overseers.

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