Lexical Summary chalkos: copper or bronze Original Word: χαλκόςTransliteration: chalkos Phonetic Spelling: (khal-kos') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: copper or bronze Meaning: copper or bronze Strong's Concordance money, copper or bronzePerhaps from chalao through the idea of hollowing out as a vessel (this metal being chiefly used for that purpose); copper (the substance, or some implement or coin made of it) -- brass, money. see GREEK chalao Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5475: χαλκόςχαλκός, χαλκοῦ, ὁ, from Homer down, the Sept. for נְחֹשֶׁת, brass: 1 Corinthians 13:1; Revelation 18:12; (like the Latinaes) what is made of brass, money, coins of brass (also of silver and of gold), Matthew 10:9; Mark 6:8; Mark 12:41. (B. D., under the word Brass; Dict. of Antiq., under the wordaes.) |
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