Word Summary
trapezitēs: a money-changer, banker
Original Word: τραπεζίτηςTransliteration: trapezitēs
Phonetic Spelling: (trap-ed-zee'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a money-changer, banker
Meaning: a money-changer, banker
Strong's Concordance
a money changer, banker
From trapeza; a money-broker or banker -- exchanger.
see GREEK trapeza
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5133: τραπεζίτηςτραπεζίτης (
τραπεζειτης T WH; see
WHs Appendix, p. 154, and cf.
εἰ,
ἰ),
τραπεζιτου,
ὁ (
τράπεζα, which see),
a money-changer, broker, banker, one who exchanges money for a fee, and pays interest on deposits:
Matthew 25:27. (Cebet. tab. 31; (
Lysias),
Demosthenes,
Josephus,
Plutarch,
Artemidorus Daldianus, others.)