Difference between revisions of "Money"

<div> '''1: '''''Ἀργύριον''''' ''' (Strong'S #694 — Noun Neuter — argurion — ar-goo'-ree-on ) </div> <p> properly, "a piece of silver," denotes (a) "silver," e.g., &nbsp;Acts 3:6; (b) a "silver coin," often in the plural, "pieces of silver," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 26:15; so &nbsp;Matthew 28:12 , where the meaning is "many, (hikanos) pieces of silver;" (c) "money;" it has this meaning in &nbsp;Matthew 25:18,27; &nbsp;28:15; &nbsp;Mark 14:11; &nbsp;Luke 9:3; &nbsp;19:15,23; &nbsp;22:5; &nbsp;Acts 8:20 (here the RV has "silver"). </p> &nbsp;Acts 7:16Silver. <div> '''2: '''''Χρῆμα''''' ''' (Strong'S #5536 — Noun Neuter — chrema — khray'-mah ) </div> <p> lit., "a thing that one uses" (akin to chraomai, "to use"), hence, (a) "wealth, riches," &nbsp;Mark 10:23,24; &nbsp;Luke 18:24; (b) "money," &nbsp;Acts 4:37 , singular number, "a sum of money;" plural in 8:18,20; 24:26. See Riches. </p> <div> '''3: '''''Χαλκός''''' ''' (Strong'S #5475 — Noun Masculine — chalkos — khal-kos' ) </div> <p> "copper," is used, by metonymy, of "copper coin," translated "money," in &nbsp;Mark 6:8; &nbsp;12:41 . See Brass. </p> <div> '''4: '''''Κέρμα''''' ''' (Strong'S #2772 — Noun Neuter — kerma — ker'-mah ) </div> <p> primarily "a slice" (akin to keiro, "to cut short"), hence, "a small coin, change," is used in the plural in &nbsp;John 2:15 , "the changers' money," probably considerable heaps of small coins. </p> <div> '''5: '''''Νόμισμα''''' ''' (Strong'S #3546 — Noun Neuter — nomisma — nom'-is-mah ) </div> <p> primarily "that which is established by custom" (nomos, "a custom, law"), hence, "the current coin of a state, currency," is found in &nbsp;Matthew 22:19 , "(tribute) money." In the Sept., &nbsp;Nehemiah 7:71 . </p> &nbsp;Matthew 17:27Shekel.