ἄργυρος, ἀργύρου, ὁ (ἀργός shining) (from Homer down), silver: 1Co_3:12 (T Tr WH ἀργύριον) (reference is made to the silver with which the columns of noble buildings were covered and the rafters adorned); by metonymy, things made of silver, silver-work, vessels, images of the gods, etc.: Act_17:29; Jas_5:3; Rev_18:12. silver coin: Mat_10:9.

ἄργυρος argyros 5x silver; meton. anything made of silver; money, Jas_5:3

ἄργυρος , -ου , ὁ ( < ἀργός , shining ), [in LXX for H3701 ;] silver (on its relation to ἀργύριον , v. MM , s.v. ): Mat_10:9 , Act_17:29 , Jas_5:5 , Rev_18:12 .†

ἄργυρος [page 74] The distinction between ἄργυρος s. ver and ἀργύριον silver used as money, which in classical Greek has exceptions on both sides, is generally observed in NT : ἀργύριον in 1Co_3:12 and ἄργυρος in Mat_10:9 are the only clear exceptions. In the papyri ἄργυρος is as rare as ἀργύριον is ubiquitous. It figures frequently in P Leid X, a very long document dealing with metallurgical subjects (iii/iv A.D.). P Par 60 bis .32 ( c. B.C. 200) has ἀργύρου στατήρων , and BGU III. 992 ii. 5, .10 (B.C. 160) χαλκοῦ πρὸς ἄργυρον , but in P Lips I. 64 .27 (iv/A.D.) ἄ (ργ )υ̣ρον (curiously abbreviated) is Geld . Silver as a metal is thus the prevailing sense in the few occurrences we can report from papyri, while ἀργύριον for money appears many hundred times. The differentiation affects a well-known compound in C. and B. no. 300 .14 (ii. p. 466 Apamea) ἀργυριοταμιεύσαντα for ἀργυροτ . There are sundry derivatives of ἄργυρος , of which we might mention ἀργυρώνητος , occurring in P Saοd Khan 1 a. 16 (B.C. 88) τὴν ἀ . ἄμπελον , P Lond 198 .11 (A.D. 169 77) (= II. p. 173), BGU IV. 1105 .21 (B.C. 11) καθυβρίζει καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπιφέρων χρῆται ὡς ο̣ὐ̣δ̣ε̣̣ ἀργυρ̣ω̣ν̣η̣τ̣ωι treats me as he would not treat a thing he had bought the reading is not certain. In the LXX the disparity between the frequency of ἄργυρος and ἀργύριον is just what it is in papyri. In MGr ἄργυρος is the metal.

ἄργυρος [Etym: ἀργός "white"] "white metal", i. e. "silver", Hom. , etc. "silver-money, money", like ἀργύριον, Soph.

ἄργυρος, -ου, ὁ (ἀργός, shining), [in LXX for כֶּסֶף ;] silver (on its relation to ἀργύριον, see MM, see word): Mat.10:9, Act.17:29, Jas.5:5, Rev.18:12.† (AS)