2855. kollubistes

Strong's Lexicon

kollubistes: Money changer

Original Word: κολλυβιστής
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kollubistes
Pronunciation: kol-loo-bees-TACE
Phonetic Spelling: (kol-loo-bis-tace')
Definition: Money changer
Meaning: a money-changer, who changed heathen into Jewish money, for payment into the Temple treasury.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word "κολλυβος" (kollubos), meaning "small coin" or "money."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kollubistes," the concept of money changing is related to the Hebrew practice of "שׁקל" (shekel), the currency used in the temple.

Usage: The term "kollubistes" refers to a money changer or a person who exchanges currency. In the context of the New Testament, it specifically denotes those who conducted business in the temple courts, exchanging foreign currency for the temple shekel, which was required for the payment of the temple tax.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the time of Jesus, the temple in Jerusalem was a central place of worship and commerce. Jews from various regions would come to the temple, often bringing foreign currency. Money changers provided a necessary service by exchanging these currencies for the temple shekel. However, this practice was often associated with exploitation and corruption, as money changers would charge exorbitant fees, turning a place of worship into a marketplace.

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2855 kollybistḗs – properly, a charge ("commission") given to someone making a transaction or exchange; in the NT a money-changer, converting "heathen currency" into "Jewish money" so worshipers could make payments into the Temple-treasury.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2855: κολλυβιστής

κολλυβιστής, κολλυβιστου, ὁ (from κόλλυβος equivalent to a. a small coin, cf. κολοβός clipped;

b. rate of exchange, premium), a money-changer, banker: Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15. Menander, Lysias, in Pollux 7, 33, 170; ὁ μέν κόλλυβος δόκιμον, τό δέ κολλυβιστής ἀδόκιμον, Phryn. ed. Lob., p. 440. Cf. what was said under κερματιστής.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

moneychanger.

From a presumed derivative of kollubos (a small coin; probably akin to kollourion); a coin-dealer -- (money-)changer.

see GREEK kollourion

Forms and Transliterations

εκολλύρισε κολλυβιστων κολλυβιστών κολλυβιστῶν κολλυρίδα κολλυρίδας κολλυρισάτω κολοβοκέρκον κολοβόριν kollubiston kollubistōn kollybiston kollybistôn kollybistōn kollybistō̂n

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 21:12 N-GMP
GRK: τραπέζας τῶν κολλυβιστῶν κατέστρεψεν καὶ
NAS: the tables of the money changers and the seats
KJV: the tables of the moneychangers, and
INT: tables of the money changers he overturned and

Mark 11:15 N-GMP
GRK: τραπέζας τῶν κολλυβιστῶν καὶ τὰς
NAS: the tables of the money changers and the seats
KJV: the tables of the moneychangers, and
INT: tables of the money changers and the

John 2:15 N-GMP
GRK: καὶ τῶν κολλυβιστῶν ἐξέχεεν τὸ
NAS: out the coins of the money changers and overturned
KJV: poured out the changers' money,
INT: and of the money-changers he poured out the

Strong's Greek 2855
3 Occurrences

κολλυβιστῶν — 3 Occ.