Silver
ἄργυροςStrong’s G0696arguros
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Arguros is the Greek word usually translated “silver”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,”
Meaning
Usually translated “silver”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- silver 3
- to silver 1
- of silver 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- James 1
- Revelation 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 17:29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- James 5:3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
- Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
Greek dictionary
ἄργυρος arguros · silver
ἄργυρος, -ου, ὁ (ἀργός, shining), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף ;] silver (on its relation to ἀργύριον, see MM, see word): Mat.10:9, Act.17:29, Jas.5:5, Rev.18:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “silver” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SIL'VER, noun
- A metal of a white color and lively brilliancy.
- Money; coin made of silver
- Any thing of soft splendor.
All definitions and other forms of “silver”
SIL'VER, adjective
- Made of silver; as a silver cup.
- White like silver; as silver hair.
- White, or pale; of a pale luster; as the silver moon.
- SOft; as a silver voice or sound.
SIL'VER, verb transitive
- To cover superficially with a coat of silver; as, to silver a pin or a dialplate.
- To foliate; to cover with tinfoil amalgamated with quicksilver; as, to silver glass.
- To adorn with mild luster; to make smooth and bright.
- To make hoary.
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.