Dictionary entry

Changer

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

chan'-jer (kollubistes, "money-changer," and so renderedMt 21:12;Mr 11:15): A banker or other person who changes money at a fixed rate. Indignant at the profane traffic in the temple Jesus "poured out the changers' money" (Joh 2:15). So used only here. For fuller treatment seeBANK;MONEY-CHANGERS.