Currency
mun'-i: Various terms are used for money in the Bible, but
the most common are the Hebrew keceph, and Greek argurion,
both meaning silver. We find also qesiTah, rendered by
Septuagint "lambs," probably referring to money in a
particular form; chalkos, is used for money in Mt 10:9; Mk
6:8; 12:41. It was the name of a small coin of Agrippa II
(...
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Silver used as
Ge 17:12,13,23,27; 20:16; 23:9,13; 31:15; 37:28;
42:25-35;
43:12-23; 44:1-8; 47:14-18; Ex 12:44;
21:11,21,34,35;
22:7,17,25; 30:16; Le 22:11; 25:37,51; 27:15,18; Nu
3:48-51;
18:16; De 2:6,28; 14:25,26; 21:14; 23:19; Jud 5:19;
16:18;
17:4; 1Ki 21:2,6,15; 2Ki 5:26; 12:4,7-16; 15:20;
22:7,9;
23:35; 2Ch 24:5,11,14; 34:9,14,17;...
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1. Uncointed money. --It is well known that ancient nations
that were without a coinage weighed the precious metals, a
practice represented on the Egyptian monuments, on which
gold and silver are shown to have been kept in the form of
rings. We have no evidence of the use of coined money before
the return from the Babylonian captivity; but sil...
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Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history
of
Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). Next, this word
is used in
connection with the purchase of the cave of
Machpelah (23:16),
and again in connection with Jacob's purchase of a
field at
Shalem (Gen. 33:18, 19) for "an hundred pieces of
money"=an
hundred Hebrew kesitahs (q.v.),...
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No coined money is mentioned in the Bible before Ezra'a time
, when other evidence also exists of its having been current
in Israel. (See EZRA.) The first notice of coinage,
occurring exactly when it ought, if the books professing to
precede Ezra's really do so, confirms the accepted earliness
of their dates. Money was originally weighed; in t...
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And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the
Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money;
or else, if it please thee, I will give thee [another]
vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my
vineyard....
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And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul
lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for
strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou
shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt
rejoice, thou, and thine household,...
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And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he
taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment
of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people
of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give
[it] unto Pharaohnechoh....
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And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou
shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her
at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her,
because thou hast humbled her....
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And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the
money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels
for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister, and to
offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver.
And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD
continually all the days of Jehoiada....
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