ἄργυρος
argyros · silver
Greek word · Strong’s number G696 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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argyros (ἄργυρος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “silver”.
How to say it
ar·gy·ros
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The precious white metal, of great value, named alongside gold.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 10:9
Do not acquire gold or silver or copper for your belts,
- Acts 17:29
Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine is like gold or silver or stone, a sculpture of human art and imagination.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12
Now if anyone builds on the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
- James 5:3
Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be a testimony against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days.
- Revelation 18:12
cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article of most precious wood and bronze and iron and marble,