Money
ἀργύριονStrong’s G0694argurion
Appears in 20 verses of the New Testament
In short
Argurion is the Greek word usually translated “money”, “pieces of silver” and “silver”. It appears in 20 verses of the New Testament.
“But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.”
Meaning
Usually translated “money”, “pieces of silver” and “silver”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- money 7
- pieces of silver 5
- silver 3
- coins 1
- silver pieces 1
- of silver 1
- of silverlings 1
- by silver 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 9
- Acts 5
- Luke 4
- Mark 1
- 1 Peter 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 25:27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
- Matthew 26:15And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 27:3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
- Matthew 27:5And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
- Matthew 27:6And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
- Matthew 27:9Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
Greek dictionary
ἀργύριον argurion · money
ἀργύριον, -ου, τό (ἄργυρος), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף (Gen.13:2, al.), exc. La 4:1 (כֶּתֶם) ;] prop., a piece of silver (Lft., Notes, 191); in NT, (a) silver: Act.3:6 7:16 19:19 20:33, 1Co.3:12, 1Pe.1:18; (b) money: Mat.25:18, 27, Mrk.14:11, Luk.9:3 19:15, 23 22:5, Act.8:20; (with) a silver coin: p1., Mat.26:15 27:3-6, 9 28:12, 15, where the value is that of a shekel or tetradrachm; ἀργυρίου μυριάδες πέντε (prob. drachmas; MM, see word), Act.19:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “money” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MONEY, noun
plural moneys.
- Coin; stamped metal; any piece of metal, usually gold, silver or copper, stamped by public authority, and used as the medium of commerce.
- Bank notes or bills of credit issued by authority, and exchangeable for coin or redeemable, are also called money; as such notes in modern times represent coin, and are used as a substitute for it.
- Wealth; affluence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.