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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χαλκός G5475
Pronunciation chalkós
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 It money 2× Mark 6:8, Mark 12:41
bronze 1× Revelation 18:12
copper 1× Matthew 10:9
gong 1× 1 Corinthians 13:1
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 10:9 χαλκὸν to copper Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 6:8 χαλκόν to money Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Mark 12:41 χαλκὸν to money Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 13:1 χαλκὸς to gong Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 18:12 χαλκοῦ to bronze Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:9
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 2 1 Corinthians 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
χαλκὸν 2x chalkon Matthew 10:9, Mark 12:41
χαλκόν 1x chalkon Mark 6:8
χαλκὸς 1x chalkos 1 Corinthians 13:1
χαλκοῦ 1x chalkou Revelation 18:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 10:9, Mark 6:8, Mark 12:41
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 18:12
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 13:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Copper or bronze, including its metonymic use for low-value coins in monetary contexts.
Strong's G5475
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 13:1 Source Gloss
copper (the substance, or some implement or coin made of it)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 10:9 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χαλκὸν calkon
copper, brass, money
Read verse Mark 6:8 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χαλκόν· calkon
copper, brass, money
Read verse Mark 12:41 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χαλκὸν calkon
copper, brass, money
Read verse 1 Corinthians 13:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
χαλκὸς calkov
copper, brass, money
Read verse Revelation 18:12 Noun 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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 13:1 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 18:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:9 · Mark 6:8 · Mark 12:41 3×
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:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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