ἀργύριον

ἀργύριον — argýrion

ἀργύριον, ἀργυρίου, τό (from ἄργυρος, which see) (fr. Herodotus down);

1. silver: Act 3:6; Act 7:16; Act 20:33; 1Pe 1:18; (1Co 3:12 T Tr WH).

2. money: simply, Mat 25:18; Mat 25:27; Mar 14:11; Luk 9:3; Luk 19:15; Luk 19:23; Luk 22:5; Act 8:20; plural, Mat 28:1-20 :(12),15.

3. Specifically, a silver coin, silver-piece (Luther, Silberling), שֶׁקֶל σίκλος, shekel (see B. D. under the word), i. e. a coin in circulation among the Jews after the exile, from the time of Simon (circa ) down (cf. 1Ma 15:6 f (yet see B. D. under the word, and references in Schürer, N. T. Zeitgesch. § 7)); according to Josephus (Antiquities 3, 8, 2) equal to the Attic tetradrachm or the Alexandrian didrachm (cf. στατήρ (B. D. under the word )): Mat 26:15; Matthew 27:3, 5f, 9. In Act 19:19, ἀργύριον μυριάδες πέντε fifty thousand pieces of silver (German 50,000inSilber equivalent toSilbergeld), doubtless drachmas (cf. δηνάριον) are meant; cf. Meyer (et al.) at the passage.