What does τραπεζίτης (trapezítēs) mean in the Bible?
τραπεζίτης (trapezítēs): A financial intermediary who exchanges currency or lends money at interest, not merely a merchant.
Greek · G5133
τραπεζίτης
A money-broker or banker
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τραπεζίτης G5133
Pronunciation trapezítēs
What does τραπεζίτης (trapezítēs) mean in the Bible?
τραπεζίτης (trapezítēs): A financial intermediary who exchanges currency or lends money at interest, not merely a merchant.
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How does the BSB render G5133?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include bankers (1).
Where does τραπεζίτης (trapezítēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:27. 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 bankers 1× Matthew 25:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 25:27
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
τραπεζίταις 1x trapezitais Matthew 25:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 25:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A financial intermediary who exchanges currency or lends money at interest, not merely a merchant.
Strong's G5133
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a money-broker or banker
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A financial intermediary who exchanges currency or lends money at interest, not merely a merchant.
(τράπεζα), a moneychanger, banker: Mat.25:27 (Dem., Plut., al.).
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 25:27 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
τραπεζίταις, trapezitaiv
a money-changer, banker
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 1 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 25:27 1×
Word Origins
τραπεζίτης 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