the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #3701 - כֶּסֶף
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- silver, money
- silver
- as metal
- as ornament
- as colour
- money, shekels, talents
- silver
- Book
- Word
did not use
this Strong's Number
2277) pxk (כספ KSP) AC: Desire CO: Silver AB: ?: A metal desired because of its value. Universally used as a form of money.
V) pxk (כספ KSP) - Desire: KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Participle) desire, long, greedy, sore - Strongs: H3700 (כָּסַף)
Nm) pxk (כספ KSP) - Silver: A desired metal. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (416): silver, money, price, silverling - Strongs: H3701 (כֶּסֶף), H3702 (כְּסַף)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 = silver ore, raw silver (rare and mostly late) Job 28:1, also (in figurative) Ezekiel 22:20,22; Zechariah 13:9; Proverbs 2:4; Proverbs 17:3; Proverbs 27:21; Malachi 3:3 (twice in verse); Psalm 12:7; Psalm 66:10; Isaiah 48:10; ׳הָגוֺ סִיגים מִכּ Proverbs 25:4 remove dross from silver, compare סִיגִים׳כ Proverbs 26:23 and ׳מִגִים כ Ezekiel 22:18 (ᵑ0; ᵐ5׳ס ׳כ; Co strike out in view of Ezekiel 22:20); נִמְאָס׳כ Jeremiah 6:30 (compare Jeremiah 6:29), כַּסְמֵּךְ הָיָה לְסִיגִים Isaiah 1:22.
2 sliver as bright, shining, figurative of dove's wings כַּנְפֵי יוֺנָה נֶחְמָּה בַכֶּ֑סֶף Psalm 68:14.
3 silver, as wealth, Genesis 13:2 (J) + often (c. 54t. in all; frequently with gold, etc., see זהב); מְלֹאוזהב ׳בֵיתוֺ כ Numbers 22:18; Numbers 24:13; figurative of a slave as valuable, כַּסְמּוֺ הוּא Exodus 21:21 (all J E); silver as less valuable than gold 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; compare also 1 Kings 10:27 2 Chronicles 1:15; 9:27; נִבְחָר׳כ choice silver, Proverbs 18:19; Proverbs 10:20.
4 silver as spoil of war (with זהב, q. v.) Judges 5:19; 2 Samuel 8:11 = 1 Chronicles 18:11 11t.
5 sliver as merchandise Ezekiel 27:12; Proverbs 3:14 (׳סְחַרכֿ), Zephaniah 1:12; compare also 1 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21.
6 silver as costly gift (with זהב, q. v.) 1 Kings 15:18,19 2 Chronicles 16:2,3; 2 Kings 16:8; 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14; 17:11; 21:3; Isaiah 60:9; Daniel 11:38 (other instances under 8).
7 silver as material (c. 117t. in all; often with זהב, q. v.), of cup Genesis 44:2 compare Genesis 44:8 (J), trumpets Numbers 10:2 (P), ׳כְּלֵיכֿ Genesis 24:53 (J) +; of idols Exodus 20:23; Isaiah 2:20; Deuteronomy 29:16; Ezekiel 16:17; Psalm 115:4; Psalm 135:15 4t., compare Deuteronomy 7:25; Jeremiah 10:4; Habakkuk 2:19; especially of fittings of tabernacle Exodus 26.. 27. 36. 38. (19t.), and those offered by chiefs of people Numbers 7 (28t.), etc.
8 silver as measure of weight and value (c. 184t.): —
a. shekels: — שְׁלשִׁים שְׁקָלִים׳כ Exodus 21:32 (JE), compare 2 Samuel 24:24; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 18:16 (both P), Nehemiah 5:15; also (different order) ׳חֲמִשָּׁה שׁקלים כ Leviticus 27:6 (twice in verse) (P), compare Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Kings 15:20, and ׳אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶׁקֶל י Genesis 23:15,16, compare Leviticus 27:3,16 (all P), 1 Samuel 9:8; once ׳שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכּ Jeremiah 32:9.
b. more often omitted שׁקל Genesis 20:16; Genesis 45:22 (E), Genesis 37:28 (J), Hosea 3:2; Song of Solomon 8:11 17t.
c. talents: — ׳כִּכַּר (הַ)כּ Exodus 38:27 (P), compare 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Kings 5:22; 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 18:14; 2 Kings 23:33 2 Chronicles 36:3; 1 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; Esther 3:9; ׳עֶשֶׂר כִּכְּרֵיכֿ 2 Kings 5:5; ׳כִּכְּרַיִם כ 1 Kings 16:24; 2 Kings 5:23; אלף אלפים ככרים׳כ 1 Chronicles 22:14; compare 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 8:26.
d. minas: — מָנִים חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים׳כ Ezra 2:69 compare Nehemiah 7:70,71.
e. more often = money, measure of value and exchange (c. 112t.; not necess. coined) Genesis 31:15; Genesis 42:25,27 (E), Genesis 43:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 43:15,18 (J), Genesis 23:13; Leviticus 27:18; Numbers 3:48 (P), Judges 16:18; 1 Kings 21:2; 2 Kings 12:5 etc.; so Psalm 68:31 Che, but see De Grill Bae, and Che critical note.; ׳מִקְנַת כ one bought for money Genesis 17:12,13,23,27; Exodus 12:44 (all P); מִקְנָתוֺ׳כ Leviticus 25:51 (H) money for which he was bought; מָלֵא׳כ full price Genesis 23:9 (P) 1 Chronicles 21:22,24; כַּסְמֵּנוּ בְּמִשְׁקָלוֺ Genesis 43:21i.e. our money in full; מִמְכָרוֺ׳כ Leviticus 25:50 the price of his sale; אָשָׁם׳כ 2 Kings 12:7 trespass-money, חַטָּאוֺת׳כ v. 2 Kings 12:7 sin-money, הַכִּמֻּרִים׳כ Exodus 30:16 atonement-money, הַמִּדְיוֺן׳כ Numbers 3:49 redemption-money (both P); עֶרְכְּךָ׳כ Leviticus 27:15,19i.e. estimated value, etc.
9 among verbs and phrase with ׳כ are: — צרף try, refine, Zechariah 13:9; Isaiah 48:10; Malachi 3:3 a Psalm 12:7; Psalm 66:10; זִקַּק Malachi 3:3b, (compare הִתּוּךְ Ezekiel 22:22, v נתך, see Ezekiel 22:20; Ezekiel 22:21); ימּה beautify ׳בכ Jeremiah 10:4; ׳תָּפוּשׂ כ Habakkuk 2:19 encased with gold and silver; לְ׳שָׁקַל אתהַֿכּ weigh out the silver to or for a person Jeremiah 32:9; Genesis 23:16 (P) Ezra 8:25, without לְ Jeremiah 32:10, compare Exodus 22:16 (E), 1 Kings 20:39; ׳ב׳שׁקל כ Isaiah 55:2 = spend money for; מְחִירָהּ׳לֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כ Job 28:15; ׳וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶתשְֿׂכָרִי שׁלשׁים כ Zechariah 11:12; בַּקָּנֶה ישׁקלו׳כ Isaiah 46:6, of wighing material for idol; ׳מָכַר בכ sell for money Amos 2:6; Genesis 37:28 (J), Deuteronomy 21:14; ׳נָתַן בכ Deuteronomy 2:28b 1 Kings 21:6,15; Genesis 23:9 (P), 1 Chronicles 21:22; also, of food, ׳הִשְׁבִּיר ב Deuteronomy 2:28 a; השׂדה׳נתן כ Genesis 23:13 (P) pay the price of the field; ׳קָנָה בְכ buy something for money Amos 8:6; Jeremiah 32:25,44; Isaiah 43:24; 1 Chronicles 21:24, compare ׳קָנָה נֶפֶשׁ קִנְיַן כ Leviticus 22:11 (H); ׳שׁבר בכ Deuteronomy 2:6 a Isaiah 55:1; ׳כרה בכ Deuteronomy 2:6b; peculiar is its use with מָּדָה, redeem (q. v.) in Numbers 18:16; ׳לקח כ receive money 2 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 12:8; 2 Kings 12:9; ׳לָוָה כ Nehemiah 5:4 borrow money; הִלְוָה Exodus 22:24 (JE) lend money to (c. 2accusative); בְּנֶשֶׁךְ׳נתן כ give money on usury Leviticus 25:37 (H), Psalm 15:5; compare לֹא תַשִּׁיךְ׳לְאָחִיךָ נֶשֶׁךְ כ Deuteronomy 23:20.
כֶּסֶף suff. כַּםְפִּי m.
(1) silver, so called from its pale colour (like the Gr. ἄργυρος, from ἀργὸς, white, and on the other hand זָהָב gold, from its tawny colour, comp. צָהַב). Genesis 23:15, אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶׁקֶל־כֶּסֶף “four hundred shekels of silver;” more often, however without the word שֶׁקֶל, e.g. אֶלֶף כֶּסֶף “a thousand (shekels) of silver,” Genesis 20:16 עֶשְׂרִים כֶּסֶף “twenty (shekels) of silver,” Genesis 37:28; Deuteronomy 22:19, 29 Deuteronomy 22:29; Hosea 3:2.
(2) money, from silver, weighed out in small unstamped pieces, having been anciently used for money (comp. ἀργύριον, argent). Genesis 23:13; Deuteronomy 23:20. Also used of that which is acquired by money, Exodus 21:21 of a slave כִּי כַסֳפּוֹ הוּא “for he is his money.” Pl. pieces of silver, money, Genesis 42:25, 35 Genesis 42:35.