Strong G2855κολλυβιστής
moneychanger
- Transliteration
- kollubistēs
- Pronunciation
- kol-loo-bis-tace'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a presumed derivative of κόλλυβος kollubos (a small coin; probably akin to G2854); a coin dealer: - (money-) changer.
Detailed definition
κολλυβιστής, -οῦ, ὁ
(κόλλυβος, a small coin, a rate of exchange),
a money-changer: Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15, Jhn.2:15 (of. κερματιοτής).†
(AS)
(κόλλυβος, a small coin, a rate of exchange),
a money-changer: Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15, Jhn.2:15 (of. κερματιοτής).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2855 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- moneychangers2
- changer1
First verses
- Matthew 21:12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
- Mark 11:15And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
- John 2:15And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κολλῠβ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ,
small money-changer, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 149 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 1023, “PPetr.” 3p.173 (probable reading), NT.Matt.21.12, etc.: condemned by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 404.)]
small money-changer, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 149 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 1023, “PPetr.” 3p.173 (probable reading), NT.Matt.21.12, etc.: condemned by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 404.)]