Lexicon statér: a stater (a coin) Original Word: στατήρ, ῆρος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: statér Phonetic Spelling: (stat-air') Short Definition: a Jewish shekel Definition: an Attic silver coin equal in value to the Jewish shekel. HELPS word-Studies 4715 statḗr – a silver coin worth two didrachma and equivalent to four denarii (a tetradrachma, four drachmae) – the exact amount of the Temple-tax required for two people. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as histémiDefinitiona stater (a coin) NASB Translationshekel (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4715: στατήρστατήρ, στατηρος, ὁ (from ἵστημι, to place in the scales, weigh out (i. e. 'the weigher' ( Vanicek, p. 1126))), a stater, a coin; in the N. T. a silver stater equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, a Jewish shekel (see δίδραχμον): Matthew 17:27.
Strong's coin, a stater From the base of kauchesis; a stander (standard of value), i.e. (specially), a stater or certain coin -- piece of money. see GREEK kauchesis |
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