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Strong's G694 · Greek

ἀργύριον

argurion · ar-goo'-ree-on

neuter of a presumed derivative of 696; silvery, i.e. (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e. drachma or shekel)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀργύριον (G694)

20 ἀργύριον , -ου, τό ( ἄργυρος ), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף ( Ge 13:2 , al.), exc. La 4:1 ( כֶּתֶם );] prop., a piece of silver (Lft., Notes , 191); in NT, silver : Ac 3:6 7:16 19:19 20:33 , I Co 3:12 , I Pe 1:18 ; money : Mt 25:18 , 27 , Mk 14:11 , Lk 9:3 19:15 , 23 22:5 , Ac 8:20 ; a silver coin : pl., Mt 26:15 27:3 , 5 , 6 , 9 28:12 , 15 , where the value is that of a shekel or tetradrachm; ἀργυρίου μυριάδες πέντε (prob. drachmas; MM, s.v.), Ac 19:19 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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