King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4715
Transliteration: statēr
Phonetic Spelling: (stat-air')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a stater (a coin)
Meaning: a stater (a coin)
στατήρ, 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.
Word Summary
statēr: a stater (a coin)
Original Word: στατήρTransliteration: statēr
Phonetic Spelling: (stat-air')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a stater (a coin)
Meaning: a stater (a coin)
Strong's Concordance
coin, a staterFrom the base of kauchesis; a stander (standard of value), i.e. (specially), a stater or certain coin -- piece of money.
see GREEK kauchesis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.