ἀργύριον

ἀργύριον, -ου, τό

(ἄργυρος), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף (1 Mos 13,2, al.), exc. Klg 4,1 (כֶּתֶם) ;]

prop., a piece of silver (Lft., Notes, 191); in NT,

(a) silver: ApG 3,6; 7,16; 19,19; 20,33, 1 Kor 3,12, 1 Pet 1,18;

(b) money: Matt 25,18, 27, Mark 14,11, Luk 9,3; 19,15, 23; 22,5, ApG 8,20;

(with) a silver coin: p1., Matt 26,15; 27,3-6, 9; 28,12, 15, where the value is that of a shekel or tetradrachm; ἀργυρίου μυριάδες πέντε (prob. drachmas; MM, see word), ApG 19,19,†