Strong G5475χαλκός
copper/bronze/coin
- Transliteration
- chalkos
- Pronunciation
- khal-kos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Perhaps from G5465 through the idea of hollowing out as a vessel (this metal being chiefly used for that purpose);
copper (the substance or some implement or coin made of it): - brass money.
copper (the substance or some implement or coin made of it): - brass money.
Detailed definition
χαλκός, -oῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for נְחֹשֶׁת;]
copper: 1Co.13:1, Rev.18:12; by meton., of copper coin, Mat.10:9, Mrk.6:8 12:41.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נְחֹשֶׁת;]
copper: 1Co.13:1, Rev.18:12; by meton., of copper coin, Mat.10:9, Mrk.6:8 12:41.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5475 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- brass3
- money2
First verses
- Matthew 10:9Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
- Mark 6:8And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
- Mark 12:41And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
- 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
χαλκός,
Cretan dialect καυχός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“GDI” 5011.4 (3rd c.BC))], ὁ:— copper, χ. ἐρυθρός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.365; with reference to its polished surface, αἶθοψ, ἦνοψ, νῶροψ, φαεινός, 4.495, 16.408, 2.578, 12.151; Τρῶες.. χαλκῷ μαρμαίροντες 13.801; πεδίον.. λάμπετο χαλκῷ 20.156; τῆλε δὲ χ. λάμφ᾽ ὥς τε στεροπή 10.153, compare 11.65, 19.363; σάκος.. χαλκῷ παμφαῖνον 14.11)]; and of the ornaments of a house, χαλκοῦ τε στεροπήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.72)]; of copper as the first metal that men learnt to smelt and work, τῶν δ᾽ ἦν χάλκεα μὲν τεύχεα, χάλκεοι δέ τε οἶκοι, χαλκῷ δ᾽ εἰργάζοντο, μέλας δ᾽ οὐκ ἔσκε σίδηρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 151)]; χ. ἐρυθρός (compare above) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑλκῶν” 17, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 57, 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1; χ. ἐρυθρὸς καὶ λευκός 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 71; χ. Κύπριος 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 52J., 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.102, compare 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 3.10.14)]; alloyed with tin to form bronze, the usual meaning of the word in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below 11))] and frequently in later writers: σίδηρος δὲ καὶ χ. πολέμων ὄργανα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 956a, etc.; χ. κεκραμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 28.3.)]
II in Poets frequently for anything made of metal, especially of arms (hence [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus calls it πολιός,)] the proper epithet of iron, [Refs (“P.” 3.48))]; of offensive arms, ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ, νηλέϊ χ., of a spear, a sword, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.540, 3.292, +others)]; of a knife, [Refs (1.236, +others)]; of an axe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (13.180, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.244, +others)]; of a fish-hook, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.408)]; of defensive arms, as the plates laid on a shield, [Refs (20.275)]; χαλκὸν ζώννυσθαι, of a warrior girding on his armour,[Refs (23.130; κεκορυθμένος, αἴθοπι χ. 4.495; ἐδύσετο νώροπα χ. 2.578)]; of both combined, πλάγχθη δ᾽ ἀπὸ χαλκόφι χαλκός the spear of bronze glanced off the helm of bronze, [Refs (11.351.)]
II.2 of vessels, copper, cauldron, urn,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.349, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.426)]; of a cinerary urn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 758)]; collectively of bronze plate, χ. μυρίος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.45; θάλαμον.., ὅθι νητὸς χρυσὸς καὶ χ. ἔκειτο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.338, compare 13.19, 21.10, 62, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.226)]; used in payment of ransom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.50, compare 340, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.38.)]
II.3 of a bronze mirror, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 393, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 21, “Ap” 6.210 (4th-3rd c.BC: Philetas))]; used as a burning-glass, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 73.)]
II.4 collectively, copper money, [NT+4th c.BC+ (“IPE” 12.24.15 (Olbia, 4th c.BC), NT.Matt.10.9, NT.Mark.12.41, compare ἰσόνομος 11)]; generally, money, opposed to κύαμοι, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IG” 14.423 ii 21 (from Tauromenium), compare “BGU” 822.12 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; χαλκοῦ σπάνις Men[Refs (“Mon.” 156; χαλκὸν ἔχων πῶς οὐδὲν ἔχεις μάθε “Anthologia Graeca” 11.167 (Pollian.).)]
II.5 ={χάλκωμα}, bronze plate or tablet, τὰν προξενίαν γράψαντας εἰς χαλκὸν ἀνθέμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).682 (Corcyra, 4th c.BC))]; οὐετρανοὶ οἱ χωρὶς χαλκῶν, who have not received bronze copies of the privileges granted on discharge, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 113.5 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
II.6 a weight, 1/8 obol, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.752.)]
III χαλκοῦ ἄνθος, particles thrown off by copper when cooling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.104, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 102.34, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.77.)]
III.b χαλκοῦ λεπίς, small pieces that scale off under the hammer, [Refs ([prev. work]78. (Perh. cf. Lith.)]geležìs 'iron'.)
Cretan dialect καυχός [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“GDI” 5011.4 (3rd c.BC))], ὁ:— copper, χ. ἐρυθρός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.365; with reference to its polished surface, αἶθοψ, ἦνοψ, νῶροψ, φαεινός, 4.495, 16.408, 2.578, 12.151; Τρῶες.. χαλκῷ μαρμαίροντες 13.801; πεδίον.. λάμπετο χαλκῷ 20.156; τῆλε δὲ χ. λάμφ᾽ ὥς τε στεροπή 10.153, compare 11.65, 19.363; σάκος.. χαλκῷ παμφαῖνον 14.11)]; and of the ornaments of a house, χαλκοῦ τε στεροπήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.72)]; of copper as the first metal that men learnt to smelt and work, τῶν δ᾽ ἦν χάλκεα μὲν τεύχεα, χάλκεοι δέ τε οἶκοι, χαλκῷ δ᾽ εἰργάζοντο, μέλας δ᾽ οὐκ ἔσκε σίδηρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 151)]; χ. ἐρυθρός (compare above) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑλκῶν” 17, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 57, 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1; χ. ἐρυθρὸς καὶ λευκός 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 71; χ. Κύπριος 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 52J., 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.102, compare 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 3.10.14)]; alloyed with tin to form bronze, the usual meaning of the word in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below 11))] and frequently in later writers: σίδηρος δὲ καὶ χ. πολέμων ὄργανα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 956a, etc.; χ. κεκραμένος 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 28.3.)]
II in Poets frequently for anything made of metal, especially of arms (hence [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus calls it πολιός,)] the proper epithet of iron, [Refs (“P.” 3.48))]; of offensive arms, ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ, νηλέϊ χ., of a spear, a sword, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.540, 3.292, +others)]; of a knife, [Refs (1.236, +others)]; of an axe, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (13.180, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.244, +others)]; of a fish-hook, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.408)]; of defensive arms, as the plates laid on a shield, [Refs (20.275)]; χαλκὸν ζώννυσθαι, of a warrior girding on his armour,[Refs (23.130; κεκορυθμένος, αἴθοπι χ. 4.495; ἐδύσετο νώροπα χ. 2.578)]; of both combined, πλάγχθη δ᾽ ἀπὸ χαλκόφι χαλκός the spear of bronze glanced off the helm of bronze, [Refs (11.351.)]
II.2 of vessels, copper, cauldron, urn,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (18.349, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.426)]; of a cinerary urn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 758)]; collectively of bronze plate, χ. μυρίος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.45; θάλαμον.., ὅθι νητὸς χρυσὸς καὶ χ. ἔκειτο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.338, compare 13.19, 21.10, 62, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.226)]; used in payment of ransom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.50, compare 340, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.38.)]
II.3 of a bronze mirror, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 393, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 21, “Ap” 6.210 (4th-3rd c.BC: Philetas))]; used as a burning-glass, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 73.)]
II.4 collectively, copper money, [NT+4th c.BC+ (“IPE” 12.24.15 (Olbia, 4th c.BC), NT.Matt.10.9, NT.Mark.12.41, compare ἰσόνομος 11)]; generally, money, opposed to κύαμοι, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IG” 14.423 ii 21 (from Tauromenium), compare “BGU” 822.12 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; χαλκοῦ σπάνις Men[Refs (“Mon.” 156; χαλκὸν ἔχων πῶς οὐδὲν ἔχεις μάθε “Anthologia Graeca” 11.167 (Pollian.).)]
II.5 ={χάλκωμα}, bronze plate or tablet, τὰν προξενίαν γράψαντας εἰς χαλκὸν ἀνθέμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(1).682 (Corcyra, 4th c.BC))]; οὐετρανοὶ οἱ χωρὶς χαλκῶν, who have not received bronze copies of the privileges granted on discharge, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 113.5 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
II.6 a weight, 1/8 obol, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.752.)]
III χαλκοῦ ἄνθος, particles thrown off by copper when cooling, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.104, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 102.34, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.77.)]
III.b χαλκοῦ λεπίς, small pieces that scale off under the hammer, [Refs ([prev. work]78. (Perh. cf. Lith.)]geležìs 'iron'.)