ἀργύριον, -ου, τό
(< ἄργυρος), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף (Ge 13:2, al.), exc. La 4:1 (כֶּתֶם);]
prop., a piece of silver (Lft., Notes, 191); in NT,
(a) silver: Ac 3:67:1619:1920:33, I Co 3:12, I Pe 1:18;
(b) money: Mt 25:18, 27, Mk 14:11, Lk 9:319:15, 2322:5, Ac 8:20;
(c) a silver coin: pl., Mt 26:1527:3, 5, 6, 928:12, 15, where the value is that of a shekel or tetradrachm; ἀργυρίου μυριάδες πέντε (prob. drachmas; MM, s.v.), Ac 19:19.†