What does κολλυβιστής (kollybistḗs) mean in the Bible?
κολλυβιστής (kollybistḗs): Money-changers who exchanged foreign coins for temple currency, enabling sacrificial purchases.
Greek · G2855
κολλυβιστής
A coin-dealer
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κολλυβιστής G2855
Pronunciation kollybistḗs
What does κολλυβιστής (kollybistḗs) mean in the Bible?
κολλυβιστής (kollybistḗs): Money-changers who exchanged foreign coins for temple currency, enabling sacrificial purchases.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2855?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include money changers (3).
Where does κολλυβιστής (kollybistḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 21:12. Its strongest book concentrations include John (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It money changers 3× Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15, John 2:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 21:12
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 John 1
Source forms
κολλυβιστῶν 3x kollybistōn Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15, John 2:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 3x Matthew 21:12, Mark 11:15, John 2:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Money-changers who exchanged foreign coins for temple currency, enabling sacrificial purchases.
Strong's G2855
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a coin-dealer
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 21:12 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
κολλυβιστῶν kollubistwn
a money-changer
Read verse Mark 11:15 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
κολλυβιστῶν, kollubistwn
a money-changer
Read verse John 2:15 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
κολλυβιστῶν kollubistwn
a money-changer
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (3) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 21:12 · Mark 11:15 · John 2:15 3×
Word Origins
κολλυβιστής is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain