What does χαλκός (chalkós) mean in the Bible?
χαλκός (chalkós): Copper or bronze, including its metonymic use for low-value coins in monetary contexts.
Greek · G5475
χαλκός
Copper (the substance, or some implement or coin made of it)
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χαλκόςG5475
Pronunciationchalkós
What does χαλκός (chalkós) mean in the Bible?
χαλκός (chalkós): Copper or bronze, including its metonymic use for low-value coins in monetary contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5475?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include money (2), bronze (1), copper (1), gong (1).
Where does χαλκός (chalkós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), 1 Corinthians (1), Matthew (1), Revelation (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 Itmoney2×Mark 6:8, Mark 12:41
bronze1×Revelation 18:12
copper1×Matthew 10:9
gong1×1 Corinthians 13:1
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 10:9χαλκὸνtocopperNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularMark 6:8χαλκόνtomoneyNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularMark 12:41χαλκὸνtomoneyNoun - Accusative Masculine Singular1 Corinthians 13:1χαλκὸςtogongNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 18:12χαλκοῦtobronzeNoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 10:9
Aligned rows5
Books represented4
Matthew1Mark21 Corinthians1Revelation1
Source forms
χαλκὸν2xchalkonMatthew 10:9, Mark 12:41
χαλκόν1xchalkonMark 6:8
χαλκὸς1xchalkos1 Corinthians 13:1
χαλκοῦ1xchalkouRevelation 18:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular3xMatthew 10:9, Mark 6:8, Mark 12:41
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xRevelation 18:12
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1x1 Corinthians 13:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Copper or bronze, including its metonymic use for low-value coins in monetary contexts.
Strong'sG5475
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Corinthians 13:1Source Gloss
copper (the substance, or some implement or coin made of it)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:9Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χαλκὸνcalkon
copper, brass, money
Read verseMark 6:8Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χαλκόν·calkon
copper, brass, money
Read verseMark 12:41Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χαλκὸνcalkon
copper, brass, money
Read verse1 Corinthians 13:1Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
χαλκὸςcalkov
copper, brass, money
Read verseRevelation 18:12Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
χαλκοῦ,calkou
copper, brass, money
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 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 patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (3)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine1 Cor 13:11×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineRev 18:121×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 10:9 · Mark 6:8 · Mark 12:413×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
copper as material substance producing sound, metaphorically for empty noise
copper coins of small monetary value, by metonymy for common currency
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
χαλκός is built from this root:
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