What does τριάκοντα · ἀργύριον mean in the Bible?
τριάκοντα · ἀργύριον is a Greek phrase meaning "thirty silver coins".
Greek · G5144, G694
τριάκοντα ἀργύρια
Thirty · money
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τριάκοντα G5144 thirty
Pronunciation triákonta
Numerical cardinal meaning thirty; appears frequently in Gospel narratives for denoting specific ages and monetary amounts
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ἀργύριον G694 money
Pronunciation argýrion
Silver or money, but often specifically a coin unit—not generic wealth but tangible currency.
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What does τριάκοντα ἀργύρια (triakonta argyria) mean in the Bible?
τριάκοντα · ἀργύριον is a Greek phrase meaning "thirty silver coins".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5144, G694?
G5144, G694 is connected to 11 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. thirty silver coins
Source Gloss
thirty silver coins
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Accusative (10) Number pattern Plural (11)
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 3:23 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:8 · Matt 13:23 · Matt 26:15 · Matt 27:3 · Matt 27:9 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:20 · John 5:5 · Gal 3:17 9×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 6:19 1×
Word Origins
τριάκοντα ἀργύρια 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