ἀργύριονargýrion
properly, a piece of silver; in NT
Greek (New Testament) · G694
Meanings
(a) silver: Acts 3:6, Acts 7:16, Acts 19:19, Acts 20:33, 1 Corinthians 3:12, 1 Peter 1:18
(b) money: Matthew 25:18, Matthew 25:27, Mark 14:11, Luke 9:3, Luke 19:15, Luke 19:23, Luke 22:5, Acts 8:20
(c) a silver coin: plural, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:3, Matthew 27:5, Matthew 27:6, Matthew 27:9, Matthew 28:12, Matthew 28:15, where the value is that of a shekel or tetradrachm; ἀργυρίου μυριάδες πέντε, Acts 19:19.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 20 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 25:18 But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money.
- Matthew 25:27 why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’
- Matthew 26:15 and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 27:3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders.
- Matthew 27:5 Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.
- Matthew 27:6 The leading priests picked up the coins. “It wouldn’t be right to put this money in the Temple treasury,” they said, “since it was payment for murder.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.