What does ἀντάλλαγμα (antállagma) mean in the Bible?
ἀντάλλαγμα (antállagma): What one receives as equivalent value in exchange; the price of commerce or ransom
Greek · G465
ἀντάλλαγμα
An equivalent or ransom
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ἀντάλλαγμα G465
Pronunciation antállagma
What does ἀντάλλαγμα (antállagma) mean in the Bible?
ἀντάλλαγμα (antállagma): What one receives as equivalent value in exchange; the price of commerce or ransom
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G465?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include in exchange (1), in exchange for (1).
Where does ἀντάλλαγμα (antállagma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 16:26. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 in exchange 1× Mark 8:37
in exchange for 1× Matthew 16:26
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 16:26
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
ἀντάλλαγμα 2x antallagma Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:37
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:37
Evidence Summary
Greek word. What one receives as equivalent value in exchange; the price of commerce or ransom
Strong's G465
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
an equivalent or ransom
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
What one receives as equivalent value in exchange; the price of commerce or ransom
(ἀντί, ἄλλαγμα; ἀλλάσσω) [in LXX chiefly for מְחִיר ;] an exchange, the price received as an equivalent for an article of commerce: Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:37 (cf. Sir.26:14; and see Swete, Mk., l.with; Cremer, 90).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 16:26 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀντάλλαγμα antallagma
an exchange, purchasing price
Read verse Mark 8:37 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀντάλλαγμα antallagma
an exchange, purchasing price
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 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 16:26 · Mark 8:37 2×
Word Origins
ἀντάλλαγμα is built from these roots:
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