What does στατήρ (statḗr) mean in the Bible?
στατήρ (statḗr): A silver coin of high value, specifically equivalent to four drachmas in weight and worth.
Greek · G4715
στατήρ
Coin
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στατήρ G4715
Pronunciation statḗr
What does στατήρ (statḗr) mean in the Bible?
στατήρ (statḗr): A silver coin of high value, specifically equivalent to four drachmas in weight and worth.
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How does the BSB render G4715?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include a four-drachma coin (1).
Where does στατήρ (statḗr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:27. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 a four-drachma coin 1× Matthew 17:27
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First aligned row Matthew 17:27
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
στατῆρα 1x statēra Matthew 17:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 17:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A silver coin of high value, specifically equivalent to four drachmas in weight and worth.
Strong's G4715
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 24:11-12 Source Gloss
coin
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:27 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
στατῆρα· stathra
a Jewish shekel
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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 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 17:27 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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Biblical Witnesses
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Word Origins
στατήρ is built from this root:
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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