What does ἀσσάριον (assárion) mean in the Bible?
ἀσσάριον (assárion) is a Greek word meaning "an assarius or as, a Roman coin".
Greek · G787
ἀσσάριον
An assarius or as, a Roman coin
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ἀσσάριον G787
Pronunciation assárion
What does ἀσσάριον (assárion) mean in the Bible?
ἀσσάριον (assárion) is a Greek word meaning "an assarius or as, a Roman coin".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G787?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include for a penny (1), pennies (1).
Where does ἀσσάριον (assárion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 10:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 It for a penny 1× Matthew 10:29
pennies 1× Luke 12:6
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 10:29
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ἀσσαρίου 1x assariou Matthew 10:29
ἀσσαρίων 1x assariōn Luke 12:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Luke 12:6
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 10:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. an assarius or as, a Roman coin
Strong's G787
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
an assarius or as, a Roman coin
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 10:29 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἀσσαρίου assariou
a small coin
Read verse Luke 12:6 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ἀσσαρίων assariwn
a small coin
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 10:29 1×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 12:6 1×
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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