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“Money” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(warning).
Gold
and
silver
passed by weight among Hebrews (
Gen. 17:13; 23:16
13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. (Genesis 17:13)
16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. (Genesis 23:16)
); though the ring tokens of
Egypt
may have been current (
Gen. 20:16; 37:28
16
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. (Genesis 20:16)
28
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. (Genesis 37:28)
). Persian coined
money
(daric or
dram
) came into use after the
captivity
(
Esther
2:69;
Neh. 7:70-72
70
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
71
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
72
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. (Nehemiah 7:70‑72)
).
The Maccabees
first coined Jewish money, B. C. 140—shekels and half shekels of gold and silver, with minor
copper
coins. The N. T. coins (
Matt. 17:27; 22:19; 10:29; 5:26
27
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. (Matthew 17:27)
19
Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. (Matthew 22:19)
29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. (Matthew 10:29)
26
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. (Matthew 5:26)
;
Mark 12:42
42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. (Mark 12:42)
), were Roman or Grecian.
“Silver” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(white). Used by Hebrews from earliest
times
for
money
, vessels, and ornaments, but not in form of coins till after the
captivity
(
Gen. 13:2; 24:53; 44:2
2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. (Genesis 13:2)
53
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. (Genesis 24:53)
2
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. (Genesis 44:2)
;
Job 28:1
1
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. (Job 28:1)
;
Matt. 26:15
15
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. (Matthew 26:15)
;
Acts 19:24
24
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; (Acts 19:24)
).
Silver
supplied to
Jerusalem
from
Arabia
and
Tarshish
(
2 Chron. 9:14,21
14
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. (2 Chronicles 9:14)
21
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (2 Chronicles 9:21)
).
“Money” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Mention is made of money as early as
Genesis 17:12-13
12
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. (Genesis 17:12‑13)
, where persons are said to be “bought with money”; and from Genesis to
Zechariah
it is spoken of as being not counted, but weighed, which would give the true value of the precious metals in the form of rings or in odd pieces of
gold
or
silver
. The
names
Gerah
,
Bekah
,
Shekel
,
Maneh
, and
Talent
, being used for weights as well as money, the two are better considered together. See
WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES
.
On the return of the Jews, B.C. 536, Persian money was used by them. This would be followed by
Greek
money when they were under the dominion of the Greeks.
Antiochus
VII, about B.C. 140, granted permission to
Simon
Maccabeus to coin Jewish money. Shekels were coined bearing a pot of
manna
and an
almond
rod. Under the Romans, Roman money was used.
“Silver” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
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Silver Ruble
This was a source of wealth from early days.
Abraham
was rich in silver (
Gen. 13:2
2
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. (Genesis 13:2)
); but with
Solomon
gold
was so plentiful that silver was “nothing accounted of” (
1 Kings 10:21
21
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. (1 Kings 10:21)
). The silver and gold which he had amassed were, alas, afterward carried away to enrich their enemies because of the sins of
Israel
(
2 Chron. 12:9
9
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (2 Chronicles 12:9)
). Silver was also the common specie of commerce, “pieces of silver” being weighed long before
money
was coined (
Gen. 23:16
16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. (Genesis 23:16)
). Silver was used for the sockets, hooks, etc., in
the tabernacle
, the money paid for the
redemption
of the Israelites being applied to this purpose (
Ex. 30:11-16
11
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
12
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
13
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.
14
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.
15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
16
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls. (Exodus 30:11‑16)
;
Ex. 38:25-28
25
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
26
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.
27
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
28
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. (Exodus 38:25‑28)
). The
house
of
God
is founded on redemption (
Ex. 36:24-36
24
And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
25
And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,
26
And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
27
And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
28
And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.
29
And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
30
And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets.
31
And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
32
And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.
33
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
34
And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.
35
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
36
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. (Exodus 36:24‑36)
;
Ex. 38:10-17
10
Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
11
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
13
And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
14
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
17
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. (Exodus 38:10‑17)
).
Silver is found in the
earth
(
Job 28:1
1
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. (Job 28:1)
), and before it can be compared to “the words of the
Lord
” it must be purified
seven
times
(
Psa. 12:6
6
The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psalm 12:6)
;
Prov. 25:4
4
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. (Proverbs 25:4)
).
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Silver
THE SILVER CORD in
Ecclesiastes 12:6
6
Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. (Ecclesiastes 12:6)
seems to refer to the thread of
life
, which is loosed, or removed, when
death
ensues.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
3701
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
keceph
Phonic:
keh’-sef
Meaning:
from
3700
; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV Usage:
money, price, silver(-ling)
Call: 1-630-543-1441
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