Strong G696ἄργυρος
silver
- Transliteration
- arguros
- Pronunciation
- ar'-goo-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From ἀργός argos (shining);
silver (the metal in the articles or coin): - silver.
silver (the metal in the articles or coin): - silver.
Detailed definition
ἄργυρος, -ου, ὁ
(ἀργός, shining), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף;]
silver (on its relation to ἀργύριον, see MM, see word): Mat.10:9, Act.17:29, Jas.5:5, Rev.18:12.†
(AS)
(ἀργός, shining), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף;]
silver (on its relation to ἀργύριον, see MM, see word): Mat.10:9, Act.17:29, Jas.5:5, Rev.18:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G696 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- silver5
First verses
- Matthew 10:9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
- Acts 17:29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- James 5:3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
- Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄργῠρος, ὁ,
(ἀργός A) white metal, i.e. silver, ἐξ Ἀλύβης ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.857; so πηγὴ ἀργύρου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 238, etc.; ἄ. κοῖλος)]silver plate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1350b23, etc.)]
2 ἄ. χυτός quicksilver, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “de An.” 406b19, “Mete.” 385b4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 60.)]
II ={ἀργύριον}, silver-money, generally, money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 935; ἐπ᾽ ἀργύρῳ γε τὴν ψυχὴν προδούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 322)]; εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ᾽ by bribery, [Refs ([prev. author] “OT” 124)]; in later Prose, coupled with χρυσός, [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Matt.10.9, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.3.)]
III ={λινόζωστος ἄρρην}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.189.)]
(ἀργός A) white metal, i.e. silver, ἐξ Ἀλύβης ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.857; so πηγὴ ἀργύρου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 238, etc.; ἄ. κοῖλος)]silver plate, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 283a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1350b23, etc.)]
2 ἄ. χυτός quicksilver, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “de An.” 406b19, “Mete.” 385b4, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 60.)]
II ={ἀργύριον}, silver-money, generally, money, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 935; ἐπ᾽ ἀργύρῳ γε τὴν ψυχὴν προδούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 322)]; εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ᾽ by bribery, [Refs ([prev. author] “OT” 124)]; in later Prose, coupled with χρυσός, [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Matt.10.9, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.3.)]
III ={λινόζωστος ἄρρην}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.189.)]