silver

Definition

Silver is a shiny, gray precious metal used to make coins, jewelry, containers, and ornaments.

• The various containers that are made from silver include silver cups and bowls, and other things used for cooking, eating, or serving.
• Silver and gold were used in the building of the tabernacle and the temple. The temple in Jerusalem had containers made of silver.
• In Bible times, a shekel was a unit of weight, and a purchase was often priced at a certain number of shekels of silver. By New Testament times there were silver coins of various weights that were measured in shekels.
• Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave for twenty shekels of silver.
• Judas was paid thirty silver coins for betraying Jesus.
• If your culture does not have silver you could translate this term as “precious metal”

(See also: tabernacle, temple)

Bible References

• 1 Chronicles 18:9-11
• 1 Samuel 2:36
• 2 Kings 25:13-15
• Acts 3:6
• Matthew 26:15

Word Data

• Strong’s: H3701, H3702, H7192, G06930, G06940, G06950, G06960, G14060