chalkos · copper, bronze

What it means

chalkos (χαλκός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “copper, bronze”.

Also copper coins.

How to say it

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

1. A reddish metal, like bronze or copper.
2. Pieces of reddish metal, money.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bronze ×2
• copper coins ×2
• copper ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 10:9

  Do not acquire gold or silver or copper for your belts,

• Mark 6:8

  And he instructed them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no copper coins in their belts,

• Mark 12:41

  And sitting down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd puts copper coins into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in much.

• 1 Corinthians 13:1

  If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I have become a resounding bronze gong or a clanging cymbal.

• 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,