ψῆφος
psēphos · pebble, vote
Greek word · Strong’s number G5586 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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psēphos (ψῆφος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “pebble, vote”.
A small stone, pebble; a vote, since votes were cast with pebbles.
How to say it
psē·phos
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
- A small smooth pebble.
- A decision cast in a trial.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- stone ×2
- vote against them ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 26:10
which I also did in Jerusalem; and many of the saints I shut up in prisons, having received the authority from the chief priests, and when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them.
- Revelation 2:17
Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written that no one knows except the one who receives it.
And 1 more times.