Definition
ἀργύριον, -ου, τό
(ἄργυρος), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף (Genesis 13:2, al.), exc. Lamentations 4:1 (כֶּתֶם) ;]
prop., a piece of silver (Lft., Notes, 191); in NT,
(a) silver: Acts 3:6; 7:16; 19:19; 20:33, 1 Corinthians 3:12, 1 Peter 1:18;
(b) money: Matthew 25:18, 27, Mark 14:11, Luke 9:3; 19:15, 23; 22:5, Acts 8:20;
(with) a silver coin: p1., Matthew 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), Acts 19:19.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀργύριον:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
20 total
- Matthew 25:18ἀργύριον · moneyBut the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
- Matthew 25:27ἀργύριά · moneyThen you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.
- Matthew 26:15ἀργύρια · pieces of silver…and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 27:3ἀργύρια · pieces of silverWhen Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
- Matthew 27:5ἀργύρια · silverSo Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
- Matthew 27:6ἀργύρια · pieces of silverThe chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
- Matthew 27:9ἀργύρια · pieces of silverThen what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
- Matthew 28:12ἀργύρια · sum of moneyAnd after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money
- Matthew 28:15ἀργύρια · moneySo the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
- Mark 14:11ἀργύριον · moneyThey were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
- Luke 9:3ἀργύριον · money“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
- Luke 19:15ἀργύριον · moneyWhen he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.
- Luke 19:23ἀργύριον · moneyWhy then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
- Luke 22:5ἀργύριον · moneyThey were delighted and agreed to give him money.
- Acts 3:6Ἀργύριον · SilverBut Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”
- Acts 7:16ἀργυρίου · in silverTheir bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- Acts 8:20ἀργύριόν · silverBut Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
- Acts 19:19ἀργυρίου · drachmasAnd a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
- Acts 20:33Ἀργυρίου · silverI have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
- 1 Peter 1:18ἀργυρίῳ · [such as] silverFor you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,