Quick Definition
στατήρ, ῆρος, ὁ n.m. a Jewish shekel
Strong's Definition
from the base of 2746; a stander (standard of value), i.e. (specially), a stater or certain coin
KJV Usage: piece of money
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ῆρος
6.80 · Artifacts · Money and Monetary Units
stater, coin a silver coin worth two didrachma or approximately four denarii
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
στατήρ, -ῆρος, 6, (fr. ἴστημι, to place in the seales, weigh out [i. e. ‘the weigher’ (Vanicek p. 1126)]), α stater, a coin; in the N. T. a silver stater equiv. to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, a Jewish shekel (see δίδραχμον) : Mt. xvii. 27.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
στατήρ statēr 1x
pr. a weight; a stater, an Attic silver coin, equal in value to the Jewish shekel, or to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, Mt. 17:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
στατήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ
[in Aq., Sm., for שֶׁקֶל ;]
a stater;
a weight;
a coin (used by late writers of the Greek τετράδραχμον): Mt 17:27 26:16, WH, mg.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
στατήρ, “ἐᾷ stater,’’ used in late writers = τετράδραχμον (Mt 1727, 2616 Dabq): P Oxy I. 3712 (a.p. 49) (= Cérest. II. p- 87) <ta@v> στα͵τήρων πίερ]ιόντων, ‘the staters remaining in my possession,” P Fay 11778 (A.D. 108) ὥτε τέσσαρες [στ]α[τ]ῆρας καθ᾽ ὑμὸν γεγραφήκασι, ‘‘ when they have charged you with four staters” (Edd.), and the curious alphabetical acrostic P Tebt 11. 2788 (early i/a.p.) δέκα στατήρων ἠγόραστε (/. ἠγόρασται), ‘it was bought for ten staters” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
στατήρ (statēr) — coin. στᾰτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ, (ἵστημι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. Αἰγιναῖος as a weight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. standard coin, struck in various materials, whether gold, electrum, or silver:
II.1. gold, σ. χρυσοῖ, σ. χρυσοῦ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of various standards, e.g. σ. Δαρεικός (compare Δαρεικός) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. Φιλίππειος, Ἀλεξάνδρειος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Πτολεμαϊκὸς σ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2. electrum [Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Phocaea, σ. Φωκαϊται, Φωκαιῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. silver, σ. Αἰγιναῖοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Sicily called δεκάλιτρος σ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later applied to the Attic τετράδραχμον, [Refs 9th c.AD+]; also to the Ptolemaic τ., [Refs 3rd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 23.55,56; also of the Jewish shekel, [NT]
III. one who owes money, debtor, πολλοὶ σ., ἀποδοτῆρες οὐδ᾽ ἂν εἷς (οὐδαμεῖ conjecture Kaibel) [Refs 5th c.BC+]