Silver
כֶּ֫סֶףStrong’s H3701keseph (ke-seph)
Appears in 343 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Keseph is the Hebrew word usually translated “silver”, “money” and “silver of”. It appears in 343 verses of the Old Testament.
“And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.”
Meaning
- Silver, moneysilver · money, shekels, talents
How it's translated
- silver 184
- the silver 33
- and silver 30
- the money 25
- money 23
- for silver 14
- silver of 9
- for money 9
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 37
- Genesis 32
- 2 Kings 28
- 2 Chronicles 26
- Numbers 23
- 1 Kings 17
36 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:38In contextBut in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
- Daniel 11:43In contextBut he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
- Zechariah 6:11In contextThen take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest;
- Zechariah 9:3In contextAnd Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
- Zechariah 11:12In contextAnd I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
- Zechariah 11:13In contextAnd the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
All 343 verses, by book
- Genesis 32
- 13:217:1217:1317:2317:2720:1623:923:1323:1523:1624:3524:5331:1537:2842:2542:2742:2842:3543:1243:1543:1843:2143:2243:2344:144:244:845:2247:1447:1547:1647:18
- Exodus 37
- 3:2211:212:3512:4420:2321:1121:2121:3221:3421:3522:722:1722:2525:326:1926:2126:2526:3227:1027:1127:1730:1631:435:535:2435:3236:2436:2636:3036:3638:1038:1138:1238:1738:1938:2538:27
- Numbers 23
- 3:483:493:503:517:137:197:257:317:377:437:497:557:617:677:737:797:847:8510:218:1622:1824:1331:22
- 2 Kings 28
- 5:55:225:235:266:257:812:412:712:812:912:1012:1112:1312:1512:1614:1415:1915:2016:818:1418:1520:1322:422:722:923:3323:3525:15
- 2 Chronicles 26
- 1:151:172:72:145:19:149:209:219:249:2715:1816:216:317:1121:324:524:1124:1425:625:2427:532:2734:934:1434:1736:3
- Lamentations 1
- 5:4
- Joel 1
- 3:5
- Micah 1
- 3:11
- Nahum 1
- 2:9
- Habakkuk 1
- 2:19
- Haggai 1
- 2:8
- Malachi 1
- 3:3
Hebrew dictionary
כֶּ֫סֶף keseph · silver
: money/payment/silver 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.