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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κολλυβιστήςG2855
Pronunciationkollybistḗs
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 Itmoney changers3×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 rowMatthew 21:12
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1John1
Source forms
κολλυβιστῶν3xkollybistōnMatthew 21:12, Mark 11:15, John 2:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural3xMatthew 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'sG2855
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms1 form3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a coin-dealer
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 21:12Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
κολλυβιστῶνkollubistwn
a money-changer
Read verseMark 11:15Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
κολλυβιστῶν,kollubistwn
a money-changer
Read verseJohn 2:15Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
κολλυβιστῶνkollubistwn
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 patterns1Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (3)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · MasculineMatt 21:12 · Mark 11:15 · John 2:153×
Word Origins
κολλυβιστής is built from this root: