noun · masculine
arguros
Strong’sG696
silver as a metal
stem argur-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἄργυρος, -ου, ὁ
(< ἀργός, shining), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G696 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar'-goo-ros
silver (the metal, in the articles or coin)
Fromfrom ἀργός (shining);
King Jamessilver.
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
(ἀργός A) white metal, i.e. silver, ἐξ Ἀλύβης ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθληRefs 8th c.BC+silver plate, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 ἄ. χυτός quicksilver, Refs 4th c.BC+
II ={ἀργύριον}, silver-money, generally, money, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ᾽ by bribery, Refs; in later Prose, coupled with χρυσός, NT+4th c.AD+
III ={λινόζωστος ἄρρην}, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+
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.
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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 nominative | arguros1×ἄργυρος | argurois |
| object accusative | arguron2×ἄργυρον | arguroin |
| direct address vocative | arguror | arguroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | argurou1×ἀργύρου | arguroiu |
| to, for dative | arguro1×ἀργύρῳ | arguroi |
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
arguro 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.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
arguros“silver”subjectnominative singular1×
James 5:3tos chrusos vu kai tos arguros katiotē, kai tos ios autoiu eis …Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify …
arguron“silver”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 10:9mē kteveia chruson mēde arguron mēde chalkon eis tain zōnain vu,… not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts.
1 Corinthians 3:12… tinos epoikodomatō epi ton themelion chruson, arguron, lithoin timioin, xuleim, chorton, kalamēan,… builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
argurou“silver”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 18:12gomon chrusou kai argurou kai lithou timiou kai margaritoiu kai …cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine …
arguro“silver”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 17:29… theou ouk ofeilanō nomizarō chruso ē arguro ē litho, charagme technau kai enthumēsiau …… Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by …