kesaf · silver

What it means

kesaf (כְּסַף) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “silver”.

(Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "kesef".

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. Silver, or things made of silver.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ezra×7
• Daniel×6

• Ezra 5:14

  And also the utensils of the house of Elah, of gold and of silver, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out from the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought them to the temple of Babylon, Cyrus the king brought them out from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

• Ezra 6:5

  And also the utensils of the house of Elah, of gold and of silver, which Nebuchadnezzar brought out from the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, let them be returned and go to the temple that is in Jerusalem, to its place; and you shall deposit them in the house of Elah.”

• Ezra 7:15

  and to carry the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the Elah of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

• Ezra 7:16

  and all the silver and gold that you find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people and the priests, who offer freely for the house of their Elah which is in Jerusalem.

• Ezra 7:17

  Therefore, with diligence you shall buy with this silver bulls, rams, lambs, and their grain offerings and their libations, and you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your Elah which is in Jerusalem.

• Ezra 7:18

  And whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, you shall do it according to the will of your Elah.

• Ezra 7:22

  up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without measure.

• Daniel 2:32

  That image — its head was of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

• Daniel 2:35

  Then were crushed all together the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and they became like the chaff of the threshing floors of summer; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled all the earth.

• Daniel 2:45

  Inasmuch as you saw that from the mountain a stone was cut out, not by hands, and it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, a great Elah has made known to the king what will be after this. And the dream is certain, and its interpretation trustworthy.”

• Daniel 5:2

  Belshazzar, at the taste of the wine, said to bring the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.

• Daniel 5:4

  They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood and of stone.

• Daniel 5:23

  But against the Lord of the heavens you have lifted yourself up; and the vessels of his house they brought before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and the gods of silver and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood and of stone, which do not see or hear or know, you have praised; but the Elah in whose hand is your breath and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.