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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:18 -

“But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:27 -

“then[fn] you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money[fn] back with interest when I returned.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:15 -

and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you? ” So they weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3 -

Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, was full of remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:5 -

So he threw the silver into the temple and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:6 -

The chief priests took the silver and said, “It’s not permitted to put it into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 -

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: They took[fn] the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him whose price was set by the Israelites,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 -

After the priests[fn] had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15 -

They took the money and did as they were instructed, and this story has been spread among Jewish people to this day.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 -

And when they heard this, they were glad and promised to give him money. So he started looking for a good opportunity to betray him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:3 -

“Take nothing for the road,” he told them, “no staff, no traveling bag, no bread, no money; and don’t take an extra shirt.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 -

“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those servants he had given the money to, so that he could find out how much they had made in business.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 -

“why, then, didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:5 -

They were glad and agreed to give him silver.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:6 -

But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:16 -

“were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 -

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 -

while many of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them in front of everyone. So they calculated their value and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 -

“I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 -

For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,

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