כֶּסֶף
keçeph · keh'-sef
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3700 (כָּסַף);
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- silver (from its pale color)
- by implication, money
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: money, price, silver(-ling).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to support and uphold › to speak, the word
The open hand that covers that works to support and uphold that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כֶּסֶף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
403 occurrences · 403 OT · 0 NT · 132 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of silver87 · 29%
- silver49 · 16%
- money25 · 8%
- and silver19 · 6%
- the silver15 · 5%
- the money15 · 5%
- pieces of silver11 · 4%
- shekels of silver10 · 3%
- and the silver9 · 3%
- for money9 · 3%
- with silver8 · 3%
- of money5 · 2%
- and of silver4 · 1%
- and in silver4 · 1%
- for silver4 · 1%
- of the money4 · 1%
- without money3 · 1%
- part of the money3 · 1%
- with money3 · 1%
- his money3 · 1%
- in silver3 · 1%
- their silver3 · 1%
- shall be of silver2 · 1%
- all the money2 · 1%
- our money2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.