What does ἄργυρος (árgyros) mean in the Bible?
ἄργυρος (árgyros): Silver as precious metal valued for currency, ornament, and idolatry rather than mere material substance.
Greek · G696
ἄργυρος
Silver (the metal, in the articles or coin)
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ἄργυροςG696
Pronunciationárgyros
What does ἄργυρος (árgyros) mean in the Bible?
ἄργυρος (árgyros): Silver as precious metal valued for currency, ornament, and idolatry rather than mere material substance.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G696?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include silver (5).
Where does ἄργυρος (árgyros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Acts (1), James (1), 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 Itsilver5×Matthew 10:9, Acts 17:29, 1 Corinthians 3:12, James 5:3
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Matthew 10:9ἄργυρονtosilverNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularActs 17:29ἀργύρῳtosilverNoun - Dative Masculine Singular1 Corinthians 3:12ἄργυρονtosilverNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularJames 5:3ἄργυροςtosilverNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 18:12ἀργύρουtosilverNoun - 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 represented5
Matthew1Acts11 Corinthians1James1Revelation1
Source forms
ἄργυρον2xargyronMatthew 10:9, 1 Corinthians 3:12
ἄργυρος1xargyrosJames 5:3
ἀργύρου1xargyrouRevelation 18:12
ἀργύρῳ1xargyrōActs 17:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 10:9, 1 Corinthians 3:12
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xActs 17:29
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xRevelation 18:12
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xJames 5:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Silver as precious metal valued for currency, ornament, and idolatry rather than mere material substance.
Strong'sG696
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkProverbs 10:20Source Gloss
silver (the metal, in the articles or coin)
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
ἄργυρον,arguron
silver as a metal
Read verseActs 17:29Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἀργύρῳargurw
silver as a metal
Read verse1 Corinthians 3:12Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἄργυρον,arguron
silver as a metal
Read verseJames 5:3Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἄργυροςargurov
silver as a metal
Read verseRevelation 18:12Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀργύρου,argurou
silver as a metal
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 4 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 patterns4Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineJas 5:31×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineRev 18:121×
Dative · Singular · MasculineActs 17:291×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 10:9 · 1 Cor 3:122×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Silver as precious metal contrasted with worthless tongue, metaphor for value
Silver refined by fire, metaphor for testing and purification of heart and character
Silver and gold as precious metals, metaphor for testing human character and reputation
Silver as refined metal rejected when impure, metaphor for corrupt people among the righteous
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
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