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copper or bronze Original Word: χαλκόςTransliteration: chalkos Phonetic Spelling: (khal-kos') Short Definition: money
a prim. word Definition copper or bronze NASB Word Usage bronze (1), copper (1), gong (1), money (2). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Perhaps 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 χαλκὸν (chalkon) − 3 Occurrences χαλκὸς (chalkos) − 1 Occurrence χαλκοῦ (chalkou) − 1 Occurrence
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