Bible Lexicons

For the plur. = ";moneys,"; ";property,"; ";possessions,"; as in Mar. 10:23, al., cf. the letter of a freedman to his patron, BGU IV. 1141.21 (B.C. 13) θέλεις με εἶναι ἀνθρωπ. . . καὶ συνέστησας καὶ συνδούλοις καὶ συνεξελευθέροις, ὅπερ ἐμο ̣ι ̣, χρήματά ἐστιν παρὰ σοί, ";you wish me to be a man (?), and you have stood by both my fellow-slaves and fellow-freedmen, which for me means the same as money from you (?),"; P Oxy III. 473.4 (A.D. 138–160) τά τε ̣ [θε ]ωρικὰ χρήματα, ";funds for theatrical displays, ib. I. 55.15 (A.D. 283) ἀξιοῦμεν ἐπιστεῖλέ σαι (l. ἐπιστεῖλαί σε) τῷ ταμίᾳ τῶν πολιτικῶν χρημάτων τὸν ἐξοδιασμὸν ἡμεῖν ποιήσασθαι κατὰ τὸ ἔθος, ";we beg you to instruct the public treasurer to pay us in full, as is usual"; (Edd.), and P Fay 20.12 (iii/iv A.D.) ἀντἰ τῶν χρυσῶν στεφάνων χρήματα, ";the sums due in place of golden crowns"; (Edd.). The sing., as in Act. 4:37, appears in P Oxy III. 474.41 (A.D. 184?) μὴ ἐφάπτεσθαι τοῦ κυριακοῦ χρήματος (with the editors’ note), P Tebt II. 353.25 (A.D. 192) στεφανικοῦ χρήματος.