HebrewH3701Noun (Masculine)

כֶּ֫סֶף

ke.seph

318Occurrences
H3701Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

from H3700 (כָּסַף);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
money/payment/silver 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

כֶּ֫סֶף appears 318 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
34
Genesis
32
2 Chronicles
24
Numbers
23
2 Kings
19
1 Kings
17
Isaiah
17
1 Chronicles
16

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 18:10BSB

he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

2 Kings 18:14BSB

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.”And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

Exodus 31:4BSB

to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze,

Genesis 45:22BSB

He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.

Leviticus 27:6BSB

Now if the person is from one month to five years of age, then your valuation for the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female three shekels of silver.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.