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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ἀντάλλαγμαG465
Pronunciationantállagma
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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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 Itin exchange1×Mark 8:37
in exchange for1×Matthew 16:26
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 16:26
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
ἀντάλλαγμα2xantallagmaMatthew 16:26, Mark 8:37
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular2xMatthew 16:26, Mark 8:37
Evidence Summary
Greek word. What one receives as equivalent value in exchange; the price of commerce or ransom
Strong'sG465
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an equivalent or ransom
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 16:26Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀντάλλαγμαantallagma
an exchange, purchasing price
Read verseMark 8:37Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀντάλλαγμαantallagma
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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · NeuterMatt 16:26 · Mark 8:372×
Word Origins
ἀντάλλαγμα is built from these roots: