Copper/bronze/coin
χαλκόςStrong’s G5475chalkos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Chalkos is the Greek word usually translated “money”, “copper” and “brass”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,”
Meaning
Usually translated “money”, “copper” and “brass”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- money 2
- copper 1
- a brass 1
- of bronze 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Matthew 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Revelation 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 6:8And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
- Mark 12:41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- 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
χαλκός chalkos · copper/bronze/coin
χαλκός, -oῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for נְחֹשֶׁת ;] copper: 1Co.13:1, Rev.18:12; by meton., of copper coin, Mat.10:9, Mrk.6:8 12:41.† (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.