noun · neuter
arguriem
Strong’sG694
silver, a shekel, money in general
stem arguri-20 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Money in general is the word's ordinary sense: cash, funds, payment 124. This use covers passages about giving, taking, or handling money without reference to its material 1, and matches the general classical usage of the term for money or cash collectively 3.
The word can also mean silver, the metal itself, in contexts naming the actual substance rather than currency 123.
A further specific sense is a silver coin, particularly one valued as a shekel, tetradrachm, or drachma 14; Strong's likewise notes the sense of a silverling, i.e. a drachma or shekel 2. In this use the word appears in the plural to refer to a set number of such coins 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ἀργύριον, -ου, τό
(< ἄργυρος), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף (Ge 13:2, al.), exc. La 4:1 (כֶּתֶם);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G694 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-goo'-ree-on
silvery, i.e. (by implication) cash; specially, a silverling (i.e. drachma or shekel)
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of G696;
King Jamesmoney, (piece of) silver (piece).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
small coin, piece of money, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 collectively, money, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ῥητόν a fixed sum, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ἀ. λογισθέντα calculated in our money, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. καθαρόν 'hard cash', Refs 3rd c.BC+ the money, the cash, δανείζεσθαιRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀπαιτεῖνRefs 5th c.BC+
II ={ἄργυρος}, silver, πεντηκοσίας μνέας ἀργυρίουRefs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. ἐπίσημον and ἄσημονRefs 5th c.BC+lead oxide, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | arguriem2×Ἀργύριον | argurieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | argurieu3×ἀργυρίου | argurieiu |
| to, for dative | argurie1×ἀργυρίῳ | arguriei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
argurie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
20 occurrences, every one of them listed
arguriem“silver”subject or objectdirect singular2×
Acts 3:6legata de Petros; Arguriem kai chrusiem ouk huparchatō mi, hem …But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have …
Acts 8:20Petros de legata pros auton; Tem arguriem su sun si atoiō eis apōleian …But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought …
argurieu“silver”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
Acts 7:16… te mnēme he ōneta Abraam timau argurieu para toiu huioiu Hemmōr en Suchem.… for a price he paid in silver.
Acts 19:19“pieces of silver”… sumpsēfizala tain timain autaiu kai heuriskala argurieu muriadain pente.… and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
Acts 20:33argurieu ē chrusieu ē himatismou oudenou epithumama;I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
argurie“silver”to, fordative singular1×
1 Peter 1:18oidarēntois hoti ouk fthartei, argurie ē chrusie, lutriva ek tau mataiau …… not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed …
argurieim8×
Matthew 25:27date sin oun balara teim argurieim mu toi trapezitoi, kai ercharantos mis …Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my …
Matthew 26:15… auton? tois de stēala auto triakonta argurieim.… they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew 27:3… hoti katakrinita metamelirantos strefata teim triakonta argurieim toi archierevoi kai presbuteroi… with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
Matthew 27:5“pieces of silver”kai riptarantos teim argurieim eis ton naon anachōrata, kai apercharantos …So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
Matthew 27:6tois de archierevois labarantois teim argurieim legala; Ouk exestinatō balara auteim eis …The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to …
Matthew 27:9… profētou legarōntou; Kai labala teim triakonta argurieim, tan timan tou timorēntou hon timela …… was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by …
Matthew 28:12… meta toiu presbuteroiu sumbouliem tē labarantois argurieim hikaneim dōala toi stratiōtoi… the soldiers a large sum of money
Matthew 28:15tois de labarantois teim argurieim poiala hōs didaskila. Kai diafēmizita tos …So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed …
arguriem6×
Matthew 25:18… apercharantos orussata gēan kai kruptata tem arguriem tou kuriou autou.… the ground, and hid his master’s money.
Mark 14:11… de akouarantois chairila kai epangelela auto arguriem dōara. kai zētate pōs auton eukairōs …… and they promised to give him money. So Judas began to look for …
Luke 9:3… rabdan mēte pēran mēte arton mēte arguriem, mēte ana duo chitōnoin echarō.… staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
Luke 19:15… toin douloin houtoin hoi dōatelē tem arguriem, hina gnōskateia tinem diapragmateuela.… to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one …
Luke 19:23… dia tinem ouk dōasa mu tem arguriem epi trapezan? kamis ercharantos sun toko …… then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my …
Luke 22:5kai chairila kai suntithela auto arguriem dōara.… delighted and agreed to give him money.