noun · masculine
kollubistos
Greekκολλυβιστής (kollubistēs)
Strong’sG2855
a money-changer
stem kollubist-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† κολλυβιστής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< κόλλυβος, a small coin, a rate of exchange),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2855 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkol-loo-bis-tace'
probably akin to G2854); a coin-dealer
Fromfrom a presumed derivative of κόλλυβος (a small coin;
King James(money-)changer.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kollubistos | kollubistois |
| object accusative | kollubiston | kollubistoin |
| direct address vocative | kollubistor | kollubistoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kollubistou | kollubistoiu3×κολλυβιστῶν |
| to, for dative | kollubisto | kollubistoi |
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
kollubisto 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kollubistoiu“money changers”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Matthew 21:12“money changers”Kai eiserchata Iēsus eis tem hierem, kai ekballata pantoin toin pōlarōtoin kai agorazarōtoin en te hiere kai tain trapezain toiu kollubistoiu katastrefata kai tain kathedrain toiu pōlarōtoiu tain peristerain,Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
Mark 11:15“money changers”Kai erchelō eis Hierosolumeim. kai eisercharatos eis tem hierem archeta ekballarō toin pōlarōtoin kai toin agorazarōtoin en te hiere, kai tain trapezain toiu kollubistoiu kai tain kathedrain toiu pōlarōtoiu tain peristerain katastrefataWhen they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
John 2:15“money changers”kai poiaratos fragelliem ek schoinieiu pantoin ekballata ek teu hiereu teim tē probateim kai toin bouoin, kai toiu kollubistoiu ekchata teim kermeim kai tain trapezain anastrefata,So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.