כֶּ֫סֶף
silver
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Ezra 12 verses
- Ezra 3:7 כֶ֔סֶף n c ms They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
- Ezra 8:25 הַ/כֶּ֥סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:
- Ezra 8:26 כֶּ֗סֶף כֶ֥סֶף n c ms n c ms I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels one hundred talents; of gold one hundred talents;
- Ezra 8:28 וְ/הַ/כֶּ֤סֶף conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms I said to them, You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.
- Ezra 8:30 הַ/כֶּ֥סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
- Ezra 8:33 הַ/כֶּסֶף֩ ptcl def.art + n c ms On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
Nehemiah 6 verses
- Nehemiah 5:4 כֶ֖סֶף n c ms There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [on] our fields and our vineyards.
- Nehemiah 5:10 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money and grain. Please let us leave off this usury.
- Nehemiah 5:11 הַ/כֶּ֤סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you exact of them.
- Nehemiah 5:15 כֶּֽסֶף n c ms But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
- Nehemiah 7:71 וְ/כֶ֕סֶף conj + n c ms Some of the heads of fathers' [houses] gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
- Nehemiah 7:72 וְ/כֶ֖סֶף conj + n c ms That which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.
Esther 4 verses
- Esther 1:6 כֶ֖סֶף וָ/כֶ֗סֶף n c ms conj + n c ms [There were hangings of] white [cloth], [of] green, and [of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.
- Esther 3:9 כֶּ֗סֶף n c ms If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
- Esther 3:11 הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms The king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.
- Esther 4:7 הַ/כֶּ֗סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Job 6 verses
- Job 3:15 כָּֽסֶף n c ms Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
- Job 27:16 כָּ֑סֶף n c ms Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare clothing as the clay;
- Job 27:17 וְ֝/כֶ֗סֶף conj + n c ms He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
- Job 28:1 לַ/כֶּ֣סֶף prep det + n c ms "Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.
- Job 28:15 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
- Job 31:39 כָ֑סֶף n c ms If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life:
Psalms 8 verses
- Psalms 12:6 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms The words of Yahweh are flawless words, As silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.
- Psalms 66:10 כָּֽסֶף n c ms For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
- Psalms 68:13 בַ/כֶּ֑סֶף prep det + n c ms While you sleep among the campfires, The wings of a dove sheathed with silver, Her feathers with shining gold.
- Psalms 68:30 כָ֑סֶף n c ms Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
- Psalms 105:37 בְּ/כֶ֣סֶף prep + n c ms He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
- Psalms 115:4 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
- Psalms 119:72 וָ/כָֽסֶף conj + n c ms The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
- Psalms 135:15 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Proverbs 12 verses
- Proverbs 2:4 כַ/כָּ֑סֶף prep det + n c ms If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
- Proverbs 3:14 כָּ֑סֶף n c ms For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold.
- Proverbs 7:20 הַ֭/כֶּסֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."
- Proverbs 8:10 כָּ֑סֶף n c ms Receive my instruction rather than silver; Knowledge rather than choice gold.
- Proverbs 8:19 מִ/כֶּ֥סֶף prep + n c ms My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; My yield than choice silver.
- Proverbs 10:20 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
- Proverbs 16:16 מִ/כָּֽסֶף prep + n c ms How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver.
- Proverbs 17:3 לַ֭/כֶּסֶף prep det + n c ms The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, But Yahweh tests the hearts.
- Proverbs 22:1 מִ/כֶּ֥סֶף prep + n c ms A good name is more desirable than great riches, And loving favor is better than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 25:4 מִ/כָּ֑סֶף prep + n c ms Take away the dross from the silver, And material comes out for the refiner;
- Proverbs 25:11 כָּ֑סֶף n c ms A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Proverbs 27:21 לַ֭/כֶּסֶף prep det + n c ms The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise.
Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:8 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 כֶּ֨סֶף֙ כֶּ֔סֶף n c ms n c ms He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 7:12 הַ/כָּ֑סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
- Ecclesiastes 10:19 וְ/הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms A feast is made for laughter, And wine makes the life glad; And money is the answer for all things.
- Ecclesiastes 12:6 הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms Before the silver cord is severed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher is broken at the spring, Or the wheel broken at the cistern,
Song of Solomon 4 verses
- Song of Solomon 1:11 הַ/כָּֽסֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms We will make you earrings of gold, With studs of silver. Beloved
- Song of Solomon 3:10 כֶ֔סֶף n c ms He made its pillars of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song of Solomon 8:9 כָּ֑סֶף n c ms If she is a wall, We will build on her a turret of silver. If she is a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved
- Song of Solomon 8:11 כָּֽסֶף n c ms Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
Isaiah 12 verses
- Isaiah 2:7 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms Their land is full of silver and gold, Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, Neither is there any end of their chariots.
- Isaiah 7:23 כָּ֑סֶף n c ms It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.
- Isaiah 13:17 כֶּ֨סֶף֙ n c ms Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
- Isaiah 39:2 הַ/כֶּסֶף֩ ptcl def.art + n c ms Hezekiah was glad of them, and shown them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them.
- Isaiah 40:19 כֶּ֖סֶף n c ms The image, a workman has cast [it], and the goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts [for it] silver chains.
- Isaiah 43:24 בַ/כֶּ֨סֶף֙ prep det + n c ms You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices; but you have burdened me with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities.
- Isaiah 46:6 וְ/כֶ֖סֶף conj + n c ms Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down--yes, they worship.
- Isaiah 48:10 בְ/כָ֑סֶף prep + n c ms Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
- Isaiah 52:3 בְ/כֶ֖סֶף prep + n c ms For thus says Yahweh, You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.
- Isaiah 55:1 כָּ֑סֶף כֶ֛סֶף n c ms n c ms Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- Isaiah 55:2 כֶ֨סֶף֙ n c ms Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
- Isaiah 60:17 כֶ֔סֶף n c ms For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.
Jeremiah 8 verses
- Jeremiah 6:30 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms Refuse silver shall men them, because Yahweh has rejected them.
- Jeremiah 10:4 בְּ/כֶ֥סֶף prep + n c ms They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
- Jeremiah 10:9 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.
- Jeremiah 32:9 הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף הַ/כָּֽסֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel my uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
- Jeremiah 32:10 הַ/כֶּ֖סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
- Jeremiah 32:25 בַּ/כֶּ֖סֶף prep det + n c ms You have said to me, Lord Yahweh, Buy you the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 32:44 בַּ/כֶּ֣סֶף prep det + n c ms Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe the deeds, and seal them, and call witnesses, in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the hill-country, and in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South: for I will cause their captivity to return, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 52:19 כֶּ֖סֶף כָּ֑סֶף n c ms n c ms The cups, and the fire pans, and the basins, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the bowls-that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver,-the captain of the guard took away.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 7 verses
- Ezekiel 16:13 וָ/כֶ֗סֶף conj + n c ms Thus was you decked with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work; you ate fine flour, and honey, and oil; and you were exceeding beautiful, and you did prosper to royal estate.
- Ezekiel 22:18 כֶּ֖סֶף n c ms Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
- Ezekiel 22:20 כֶּ֡סֶף n c ms As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
- Ezekiel 22:22 כֶּ֨סֶף֙ n c ms As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst of it; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.
- Ezekiel 27:12 בְּ/כֶ֤סֶף prep + n c ms Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.
- Ezekiel 28:4 וָ/כֶ֖סֶף conj + n c ms by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
- Ezekiel 38:13 כֶּ֣סֶף n c ms Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, Are you come to take the spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?
Daniel 3 verses
- Daniel 11:8 כֶּ֧סֶף n c ms Also their gods, with their molten images, [and] with their goodly vessels of silver and of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years from the king of the north.
- Daniel 11:38 וּ/בְ/כֶ֛סֶף conj + prep + n c ms But in his place shall he honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers didn't know shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
- Daniel 11:43 וְ/הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
Hosea 2 verses
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 2:6 בַּ/כֶּ֨סֶף֙ prep det + n c ms Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; Because they have sold the righteous for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes;
- Amos 8:6 בַּ/כֶּ֨סֶף֙ prep det + n c ms That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
Micah 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 6 verses
- Zechariah 6:11 כֶֽסֶף n c ms Yes, take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
- Zechariah 9:3 כֶּ֨סֶף֙ n c ms Tyre built herself a stronghold, And heaped up silver like the dust, And fine gold like the mire of the streets.
- Zechariah 11:12 כָּֽסֶף n c ms I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
- Zechariah 11:13 הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!" I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.
- Zechariah 13:9 הַ/כֶּ֔סֶף ptcl def.art + n c ms I will bring the third part into the fire, And will refine them as silver is refined, And will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' And they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
- Zechariah 14:14 וָ/כֶ֛סֶף conj + n c ms Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered together: gold, and silver, and clothing, in great abundance.
Malachi 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“silver” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun כסף (keçeph). First canonically at Genesis 13:2, it enters the text early. It turns up in 343 verses across 36 books, a common footprint. Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. From the same root come כסף, כסף and כספיא. See the sense tree, 343-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H3701 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 343
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 343 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #123
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 123 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 343 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 122 verses · 36%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 115 verses · 34%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 106 verses · 31%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Silver 235×, Money 90×, Pieces of silver 11×
- American Standard Version: Silver 211×, Money 80×, Pieces of silver 17×
- Berean Standard Bible: Silver 281×, Money 57×, Price 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Silver 337×, Silver of 16×, Money 15×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3701 across 403 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3701 across 403 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3701 across 386 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 16 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3701 across 416 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
14 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 14 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. = silver ore, raw silver (rare and mostly late) Jb 28:1, also (in fig.) Ez 22:20, 22 Zc 13:9 Pr 2:4; 17:3; 27:21 Mal 3:3(×2) ψ 12:7; 66:10 Is 48:10; הָגוֹ סִיגים מִכּ׳ Pr 25:4 remove dross from silver, cf. כ׳ סִיגִים 26:23 and סִגִים כ׳ Ez 22:18 (MT; 𝔊 כ׳ ס׳; Co del. in view of v 20); כ׳ נִמְאָס Je 6:30 (cf. v 29), כַּסְפֵּךְ הָיָה לְסִיגִים Is 1:22. e.g. Job 28:1
- 2. silver as bright, shining, fig. of dove’s wings כַּנְפֵי יוֹנָה נֶחְפָּה בַכֶּ֑סֶף ψ 68:14. e.g. Psalms 68:14
- 3. silver, as wealth, Gn 13:2 (J) + often (c. 54 times in all; frequently with gold, etc., v. זהב); מְלֹא בֵיתוֹ כ׳ וזהב Nu 22:18; 24:13; fig. of a slave as valuable, כַּסְפּוֹ הוּא Ex 21:21 (all JE); silver as less valuable than gold 1 K 10:21 = 2 Ch 9:20; cf. also 1 K 10:27 = 2 Ch 1:15; 9:27; כ׳ נִבְחָר choice silver, Pr 8:19; 10:20. e.g. Genesis 13:2
- 4. silver as spoil of war (c. זהב, q.v.) Ju 5:19 2 S 8:11 = 1 Ch 18:11 + 11 times e.g. Judges 5:19
- 5. silver as merchandise Ez 27:12 Pr 3:14 (סְחַר־כ׳), Zp 1:12; cf. also 1 K 10:22 = 2 Ch 9:21. e.g. Ezekiel 27:12
- 6. silver as costly gift (c. זהב, q.v.) 1 K 15:18, 19 = 2 Ch 16:2, 3, 2 K 16:8; 18:15 2 Ch 9:14; 17:11; 21:3 Is 60:9 Dn 11:38 (other instances under 8). e.g. 1 Kings 15:18
- 7. silver as material (c. 117 times in all; often c. זהב, q.v.), of cup Gn 44:2 cf. v 8 (J), trumpets Nu 10:2 (P), כְּלֵי־כ׳ Gn 24:53 (J) +; of idols Ex 20:23 Is 2:20 Dt 29:16 Ez 16:17 ψ 115:4; 135:15 + 4 times, cf. Dt 7:25 Je 10:4 Hb 2:19; especially of fittings of tabern. Ex 26, 27, 36, 38 (19 times), and those offered by chiefs of people Nu 7 (28 times), etc. e.g. Genesis 44:2
- 8. silver as measure of weight and value (c. 184 times):—
- a. shekels:—כ׳ שְׁלֹשִׁים שְׁקָלִים Ex 21:32 (JE), cf. 2 S 24:24 Lv 5:15 Nu 18:16 (both P), Ne 5:15; also (diff. order) חֲמִשָּׁה שׁקלים כ׳ Lv 27:6(×2) (P), cf. Jos 7:21 (JE), 2 K 15:20, and אַרְבַּע מֵאֹת שֶׁקֶל כ׳ Gn 23:15, 16, cf. Lv 27:3, 16 (all P), 1 S 9:8; once שִׁבְעָה שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכּ׳ Je 32:9. e.g. Exodus 21:32
- b. more often om. שׁקל Gn 20:16; 45:22 (E), 37:28 (J), Ho 3:2 Ct 8:11 + 17 times e.g. Genesis 20:16
- c. talents:—כִּכַּר (הַ)כּ׳ Ex 38:27 (P), cf. 1 K 20:39 2 K 5:22; 15:19; 18:14; 23:33 = 2 Ch 36:3, 1 Ch 19:6 2 Ch 25:6; 27:5 Est 3:9; עֶשֶׂר כִּכְּרֵי־כ׳ 2 K 5:5; כִּכְּרַיִם כ׳ 1 K 16:24 2 K 5:23; כ׳ אלף אלפים ככרים 1 Ch 22:14 cf. 29:7 Ezr 8:26. e.g. Exodus 38:27
- d. minas:—כ׳ מָנִים חֲמֵשֶׁת אֲלָפִים Ezr 2:69 cf. Ne 7:70, 71. e.g. Ezra 2:69
- e. more often = money, measure of value and exchange (c. 112 times; not necess. coined) Gn 31:15 42:25, 27 (E), 43:12(×2), 15, 18 (J), Gn 23:13 Lv 27:18 Nu 3:48 (P), Ju 16:18 1 K 21:2 2 K 12:5 etc.; so ψ 68:31 Che, but see De Grill Bae, and Checrit. n.; מִקְנַת כ׳ one bought for money Gn 17:12, 13, 23, 27 Ex 12:44 (all P); כ׳ מִקְנָתוֹ Lv 25:51 (H) money for which he was bought; כ׳ מָלֵא full price Gn 23:9 (P) 1 Ch 21:22, 24; כַּסְפֵּנוּ בְּמִשְׁקָלוֹ Gn 43:21 i.e. our money in full; כ׳ מִמְכָּרוֹ Lv 25:50 the price of his sale; כ׳ אָשָׁם 2 K 12:17 trespass-money, כ׳ חַטָּאוֹת v 17 sin-money, כ׳ הַכִּפֻּרִים Ex 30:16 atonement-money, כ׳ הַפִּדְיוֹן Nu 3:49 redemption-money (both P); כ׳ עֶרְכְּךָ Lv 27:15, 19 i.e. estimated value, etc. e.g. Genesis 31:15
- 9. among vbs. and phr. with כ׳ are:—צרף try, refine, Zc 13:9 Is 48:10 Mal 3:3a ψ 12:7; 66:10; זִקַּק Mal 3:3b, (cf. הִתּוּךְ Ez 22:22, √ נתך, see v 20, 21); יפּה beautify בכ׳ Je 10:4; תָּפוּשׂ כ׳ Hb 2:19 encased with gold and silver; שָׁקַל את־הַכּ׳ לְ weigh out the silver to or for a person Je 32:9 Gn 23:16 (P) Ezr 8:25, without לְ Je 32:10, cf. Ex 22:16 (E), 1 K 20:39; שׁקל כ׳ ב׳ Is 55:2 = spend money for; לֹא יִשָּׁקֵל כ׳ מְחִירָהּ Jb 28:15; וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶת־שְׂבָרִי שׁלשׁים כ׳ Zc 11:12; כ׳ בַּקָּנֶה ישׁקלו Is 46:6, of weighing material for idol; מָכַר בכ׳ sell for money Am 2:6 Gn 37:28 (J), Dt 21:14; נָתַן בכ׳ Dt 2:28b 1 K 21:6, 15 Gn 23:9 (P), 1 Ch 21:22; also, of food, הִשְׁבִּיר ב׳ Dt 2:28a; נתן כ׳ השׂדה Gn 23:13 (P) pay the price of the field; קָנָה בְכ׳ buy something for money Am 8:6 Je 32:25, 44 Is 43:24 1 Ch 21:24, cf. קָנָה נֶפֶשׁ קִנְיַן כ׳ Lv 22:11 (H); שׁבר בכ׳ Dt 2:6a Is 55:1; כרה בכ׳ Dt 2:6b; peculiar is its use with פָּדָה, redeem (q.v.) in Nu 18:16; לקח כ׳ receive money 2 K 5:26; 12:8, 9; לָוָה כ׳ Ne 5:4 borrow money; הִלְוָה Ex 22:24 (JE) lend money to (c. 2 acc.); נתן כ׳ בְּנֶשֶׁךְ give money on usury Lv 25:37 (H), ψ 15:5; cf. לֹא תַשִּׁיךְ לְאָחִיךָ נֶשֶׁךְ כ׳ Dt 23:20. e.g. Zechariah 13:9
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Word origin
n.m. Gn 23:9 silver, money (NH id.; Ph. Zinj. כסף; Aramaic כַּסְפָּא, ܟܶܣܦܳܐ; Palm. כספא VogNo. 23; Assyrian kaspu; prob. the pale metal Thes al., cf. RSJPh. xiv, 125)—כ׳ abs. Gn 20:16 +, כָּ֑סֶף Ex 21:11 +; cstr. 43:21 +; sf. כַּסְפִּי Gn 42:28 + 3 times, כַּסְפְּךָ 1 K 20:3 + 2 times, כַּסְפֶּ֑ךָ Gn 17:13 Is 30:22, כַּסְפֵּךְ Is 1:22, כַּסְפֵּנוּ Gn 31:15 + 2 times, כַּסְפָּם Ho 8:4 + 6 times; pl. sf. כַּסְפֵּיהֶם Gn 42:25, 35;—silver,
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from כסף (kâçaph) (H3700) — to long for.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
כָּסַף
- (b. h.) to peel, whiten (cmp. חָסַף).—Part. pass. כָּסוּף, pl. כְּסוּפִים bright. Sifré Deut. 13 וותיקים כ׳ distinguished (of position), bright of intellect; ib. Num. 92 וכסופים.
- 1. to grow pale, fade, wither. Pes. III, 5 (expl. שיאור) כל שהִכְסִיפוּ פניו כאדם וכ׳ a dough the surface of which becomes pale and wrinkled, like (the sight of) a man whose hair (שַׂעַר) stands up from fright. Nidd. 47ᵃ משיַכְסִיף ראש וכ׳ when the centre of the oblate portion of the breast begins to be wrinkled; Tosef. ib. VI, 4 משיִכָּסֵף (Nif.). Sabb. 34ᵇ ה׳ התחתון when the lower horizon becomes pale (is no longer red); Y. Ber. I, 2ᵇ bot.—Pes. 39ᵃ פניו מַכְסִיפִין the leaves look faded (and curled); a. e.
- 2. to deteriorate, fall in value, opp. השביח (cmp. חָסַר). Arakh. 30ᵃ וה׳ ועמד על מנה and fell until it was worth only one Manah. Keth. 80ᵇ שמא תַכְסִיף the soil may deteriorate (through neglect); a. e.
- 3. to put to shame; to frighten, to alarm. Ex. R. s. 35 (play on כֶּסֶף, I Chr. XXIX, 4) שהיה מַכְסִיף כל הזהבים it alarmed all gold-workers (emptying their shops); Cant. R. to III, 10; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵈ top שהיה מ׳ בעד וכ׳ spread alarm among all the shops of &c. e.g. 1 Chronicles 29:4
- to grow pale &c., v. supra.
כְּסַף I
- , to feel ashamed, frightened. Targ. Y. Num. XII, 14 (h. text הכלם); a. e.—Arakh. 16ᵇ דלִיכְסוֹף זרעיה וכ׳ that the seed of Rab should be put to shame through me. Taan. 22ᵃ וכְסִיפָא להו מילתא וכ׳ Ms. M. 2 a. Rashi (Ms. M. 1 only וכסיפא להו, ed. ואִכְּסִיפוּ Ithpe.) and the gentlemen (you) felt abashed to tell us; a. fr.—[Targ. Ps. XLI, 7 יכסף some ed., read: יכנף, v. כְּנַף I.]
- , Af. אַכְסֵיף
- 1. to frighten; to put to shame. Targ. Ps. XLIV, 10; a. fr.—Kidd. 81ᵃ כַּסִּיפְתִּינָן (כַּסַּפְ׳) thou didst frighten us (by a false alarm). Ḥag. 5ᵃ וכַסַּפְתֵּיה and thou didst put him to shame; Koh. R. end וכַסִּיפְתֵּיה. Sabb. 3ᵇ דאי לאו … כספתיה וכ׳ for if he were not a great man, thou mightst have put him to shame, for he might have given thee an inappropriate reply. Hor. 13ᵇ מַכְסְפִיתוּ לי Ms. M. (ed. כסיפיתנן, corr. כַּסִּיפְתּוּנָן) you might have put me to shame; a. e.
- 2. to reduce in value, to cause deterioration. Keth. 104ᵇ מְכַסְּפֵי (or מַכְסְפֵי) they (the heirs) will neglect it (instead of improving).—[
- 3. to feel ashamed. Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 21 מַכְסִיף (prob. to be read: מַכְסַף or מְכַסַּף, part. pass.).]
- to be made pale, to be frightened, to be put to shame. Targ. Job VI, 20; a. e.—Kidd. l. c. מוטב תִּיכַּסְּפוּ … ולא תיכספו מיני וכ׳ it is better that you of the house of Amram be frightened through me in this world, than that you should be ashamed of me (as a sinner) in the world to come. B. Bath. 111ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 36ᵃ איכ׳ he felt alarmed. Taan. 25ᵃ אִיכַּסְּפָא ועיילא וכ׳ (missing in Ms. M.) she felt abashed and went &c.; a. fr.
כֶּסֶף
- preced. wds.) silver; (sub. מעה) a silver piece, M’ah (one sixth of a Denar, v. Zuckerm. Jüd. Münz. p. 15; p. 33, note 203); in gen. money, value. Kidd. I, 1 בכ׳ by (handing to her) an object of value. Yeb. 63ᵇ שמזונותיו תלויין בכַסְפּוֹ whose livelihood depends on his money (a money-lender). Shebu. VI, 1 הטענה שתי כ׳ the claim must amount to no less than two M’ah. Tosef. Keth. XIII (XII), 3 כ׳ בבל the Babylonian silver standard; כ׳ א"י the Palestinean &c. Ib. כ׳ שדיברה … זו היא כ׳ צורי זה ירושלמי wherever the Torah speaks of Kesef (as fines), it must be paid according to the Tyrian standard … that is the Jerusalem kesef (eight times the provincial kesef כ׳ מדינה, v. Zuckerm. l. c.); a. v. fr.—Pl. כְּסָפִים. B. Mets. 42ᵃ; Pes. 31ᵇ כ׳ אין להם שמירה וכ׳ coins given in trust are not duly guarded unless they are buried in the ground. Y. Yoma IV, beg. 41ᵇ בשלשה … ובכ׳ by three methods was the land of Israel divided, by lots, by the Urim and Tummim, and according to the value of property; a. e.
כְּסַף II
- Targ. Gen. XX, 16. Ib. XLIV, 8; a. fr.—Y. Kidd. I, 58ᵈ יַקִּירָא. Y. Bicc. III, 65ᵈ top מתמני בכ׳ appointed to office for money. B. Kam. 87ᵃ אפחתה מכַּסְפָּהּ Ms. M. he lessened her value; a. fr.—Pl. כַּסְפַּיָּיא. Targ. Gen. XLII, 25; 35.—Y. Bicc. l. c. לא בכ׳ אתמני was it not through gifts of money that he was appointed?
כַּסָּף
- (denom. of כֶּסֶף) silver-smith.—Pl. כַּסָּפִים, כַּסָּפִין. Succ. 51ᵇ. Cant. R. to V, 5.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 332 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 343 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 13:2
- Exodus 3:22
- Leviticus 5:15
- Numbers 3:48
- Deuteronomy 2:6
- Joshua 6:19
- Judges 5:19
- 1 Samuel 2:36
- 2 Samuel 8:10
- 1 Kings 10:21
- 2 Kings 5:5
- 1 Chronicles 18:10
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