Argurion ἀργύριον

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Argurion
ἀργύριον
Transliterationargurion
Strong's numberG694
LanguageGreek
Part of speechneuter noun
Glossmoney
Occurrences20 in 20 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (9)

Argurion (Greek ἀργύριον, Strong's G694) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “money”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀργύριον, -ου, τό
(ἄργυρος), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף (Gen.13:2, al.), exc. La 4:1 (כֶּתֶם) ;]
prop., a piece of silver (Lft., Notes, 191); in NT,
(a) silver: Act.3:6 7:16 19:19 20:33, 1Co.3:12, 1Pe.1:18;
(b) money: Mat.25:18, 27, Mrk.14:11, Luk.9:3 19:15, 23 22:5, Act.8:20;
(with) a silver coin: p1., Mat.26:15 27:3-6, 9 28:12, 15, where the value is that of a shekel or tetradrachm; ἀργυρίου μυριάδες πέντε (prob. drachmas; MM, see word), Act.19:19.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmoney (11), silver (8), pieces (1)
BSBmoney (8), silver (6), pieces of silver (4), sum of money (1), drachmas (1)

Verses

Every verse with Argurion, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Acts

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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