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Strong's #695 - ἀργυροκόπος
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ἀργῠρο-κόπος, ὁ, (κόπτω)
1. coiner, Phryn.Com. 5.
II silversmith, Plu. 2.830e, SIG 1263 (Smyrna), Poll. 7.102, 103, LXX Judges 17:4, Acts 19:24, PHaw. 68.3 (i A.D.).
ἀργυροκόπος, ἀργυροκοπου, ὁ (ἄργυρος and κόπτω to beat, hammer; a silver-beater), a silversmith: Acts 19:24. (Judges 17:4; Jeremiah 6:29. Plutarch, de vitand. aere alien. c. 7.)
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† ἀργυροκόπος , -ου , ὁ
(< ἄργυρος , κόπτω , to beat),
[in LXX: Judges 17:4, Jeremiah 6:29 (H6884) *;]
a silversmith: Acts 19:24 (Plut.; 77., v. MM, s.v.).†
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For this designation in Acts 19:24 (cf. LXX Judges 17:4, Jeremiah 6:29) of Demetrius, who was probably master of the guild for the year, see Ramsay CRE.5, p. 128, and cf. an order of payment of early i/A.D. published by Milne amongst the Hawara Papyri, Archiv v. p. 382, no. 68, χρημάτισο (ν) Ἀ [ . . ] Ἀπολλωνίου ἀργυροκ [όπῳ ], and BGU III. 781iv. 5 (i/A.D.) ἄλλα (sc. πινάκια) ὠτία μὴ ἔχοντα, κατασκευασθέντα ἐν Ἀρσινοίτηι διὰ Ἀπολλωνίου ἀργ [υρο ]κόπου, P Giss I. 47.22 (Hadrian) Διονυσ [ί ]ου τοῦ ἀργυροκόπου. P Flor I. 71.659, P Oxy VIII. 1146.12, P Lond 983.1 (= III. p. 229) (all iv/A.D.), and Syll 873.1 (ἡ συνεργασία τῶν ἀργυροκόπων καὶ χρυσοχόων) also show it. For ἀργυροκοπεῖον see CIA II. 476.30 (c. B.C. 100).
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