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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 man who had received one bag went off, 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 - Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:15 - and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:3 - When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized 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 - So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:6 - The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 - Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:12 - When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:15 - So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:3 - He told them: “Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:15 - “He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could 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 to give him money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:6 - Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:16 - Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:33 - I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:18 - For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors,
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