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The word itself is not commonly found in modern translations of the Bible but is derived from older English translations. In the context of the Bible, silver was a valuable metal used for various purposes, including trade, offerings, and as a standard of wealth.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br>While the specific term "silverlings" may not appear in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept of silver as currency is prevalent throughout the Scriptures. Silver is frequently mentioned in the context of trade, wealth, and offerings.<br><br>1. <b>Trade and Commerce:</b><br> Silver was a standard medium of exchange in biblical times. In <a href="/genesis/23-16.htm">Genesis 23:16</a>, Abraham purchases the cave of Machpelah from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver, highlighting its use in transactions: "Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants."<br><br>2. <b>Offerings and Temple Use:</b><br> Silver was also used in religious contexts, particularly in the construction and maintenance of the Tabernacle and Temple. In <a href="/exodus/30-11.htm">Exodus 30:11-16</a>, the Israelites are instructed to give a half-shekel offering of silver for the service of the Tent of Meeting: "Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD."<br><br>3. <b>Symbol of Wealth and Prosperity:</b><br> Silver is often associated with wealth and prosperity in the Bible. <a href="/proverbs/10-20.htm">Proverbs 10:20</a> states, "The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value," using silver metaphorically to describe the value of righteous speech.<br><br>4. <b>Prophetic and Symbolic Uses:</b><br> In prophetic literature, silver can symbolize both purity and judgment. In <a href="/isaiah/1-22.htm">Isaiah 1:22</a>, the prophet laments the moral decay of Jerusalem, saying, "Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water," using silver to symbolize the loss of purity and value.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, silver was a principal form of currency and was often weighed rather than counted. The value of silver was determined by its weight, and it was commonly used in trade and commerce. The use of silver as a medium of exchange is well-documented in archaeological findings, which include silver ingots and coins from various periods.<br><br><b>Theological Significance:</b><br>From a theological perspective, silver in the Bible often represents redemption and atonement. The use of silver in offerings and temple service underscores its role in the sacrificial system, pointing to the greater redemption found in Christ. The thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas Iscariot for betraying Jesus (<a href="/matthew/26-15.htm">Matthew 26:15</a>) further highlight the complex symbolism of silver, intertwining themes of betrayal, value, and the cost of redemption.<br><br>In summary, while the term "silverlings" may not be explicitly found in modern translations, the concept of silver as a valuable and multifaceted element is deeply embedded in the biblical narrative, serving as a symbol of wealth, purity, and redemption.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Silverlings</span><p>a word used once only in the Authorized Version, (<a href="/isaiah/7-23.htm">Isaiah 7:23</a>) as a translation of the Hebrew word elsewhere rendered "silver" or "money."<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/jerome/the_principal_works_of_st_jerome/letter_xl_to_marcella.htm"><span class="l">Letter Xl. To Marcella.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Furies are spoken of as gracious, [871] because they show no grace. And<br> in common speech Ethiopians go by the name of <b>silverlings</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xl to marcella.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/silverlings.htm"><span class="l"><b>Silverlings</b> (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Silverlings</b> (24 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Matthew 27:5 and having cast down the <b>silverlings</b> in<br> the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/silverlings.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/dovesdung.htm"><span class="l">Dovesdung (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 6:25 and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege<br> to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty <b>silverlings</b>, and a forth of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/dovesdung.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/silver-pieces.htm"><span class="l">Silver-pieces (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Silver-pieces. <b>Silverlings</b>, Silver-pieces. Silversmith . Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br> (DBY). <b>Silverlings</b>, Silver-pieces. Silversmith . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/silver-pieces.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/laying.htm"><span class="l">Laying (87 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 6:25 and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege<br> to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty <b>silverlings</b>, and a forth of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/laying.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lethech.htm"><span class="l">Lethech (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Lethech (1 Occurrence). Hosea 3:2 And I buy her to me<br> for fifteen <b>silverlings</b>, and a homer and a letech of barley; (See RSV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lethech.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/letech.htm"><span class="l">Letech (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Letech (1 Occurrence). Hosea 3:2 And I buy her to me for<br> fifteen <b>silverlings</b>, and a homer and a letech of barley; (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/letech.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lethek.htm"><span class="l">Lethek (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Lethek (1 Occurrence). Hosea 3:2 And I buy her to me for<br> fifteen <b>silverlings</b>, and a homer and a letech of barley; (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lethek.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/weighed.htm"><span class="l">Weighed (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 18:12 And the man saith unto Joab, 'Yea, though I am weighing on my hand<br> a thousand <b>silverlings</b>, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/weighed.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fined.htm"><span class="l">Fined (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Deuteronomy 22:19 and fined him a hundred <b>silverlings</b>, and given to the father of<br> the damsel, because he hath brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fined.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/reasoned.htm"><span class="l">Reasoned (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Genesis 20:16 and to Sarah he hath said, 'Lo, I have given a thousand <b>silverlings</b><br> to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/reasoned.htm - 12k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Silverlings (24 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-15.htm">Matthew 26:15</a></span><br />What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?' and they weighed out to him thirty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-3.htm">Matthew 27:3</a></span><br />Then Judas -- he who delivered him up -- having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span> to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-5.htm">Matthew 27:5</a></span><br />and having cast down the <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span> in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-6.htm">Matthew 27:6</a></span><br />And the chief priests having taken the <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-9.htm">Matthew 27:9</a></span><br />Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 'And I took the thirty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/19-19.htm">Acts 19:19</a></span><br />and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning 'them' before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found 'it' five myriads of <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/20-16.htm">Genesis 20:16</a></span><br />and to Sarah he hath said, 'Lo, I have given a thousand <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span> to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;' and by all this she is reasoned with.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a></span><br />And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/45-22.htm">Genesis 45:22</a></span><br />to all of them hath he given -- to each changes of garments, and to Benjamin he hath given three hundred <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and five changes of garments;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-19.htm">Deuteronomy 22:19</a></span><br />and fined him a hundred <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and given to the father of the damsel, because he hath brought out an evil name on a virgin of Israel, and she is to him for a wife, he is not able to send her away all his days.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm">Deuteronomy 22:29</a></span><br />then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/17-2.htm">Judges 17:2</a></span><br />and he saith to his mother, 'The eleven hundred <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span> which have been taken of thine, and 'of which' thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver 'is' with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, 'Blessed 'is' my son of Jehovah.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4</a></span><br />And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Judges 17:10</a></span><br />And Micah saith to him, 'Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span> for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth 'in'.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/18-11.htm">2 Samuel 18:11</a></span><br />And Joab saith to the man who is declaring 'it' to him, 'And lo, thou hast seen -- and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth -- and on me to give to thee ten <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span> and one girdle?'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/18-12.htm">2 Samuel 18:12</a></span><br />And the man saith unto Joab, 'Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who 'is' against the youth -- against Absalom;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/10-29.htm">1 Kings 10:29</a></span><br />and a chariot cometh up and cometh out of Egypt for six hundred <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they bring out.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25</a></span><br />and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/1-17.htm">2 Chronicles 1:17</a></span><br />and they come up, and bring out from Egypt a chariot for six hundred <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Aram -- by their hand they bring out.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/songs/8-11.htm">Song of Songs 8:11</a></span><br />Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/7-23.htm">Isaiah 7:23</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, it shall even be for briers and thorns.<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hosea/3-2.htm">Hosea 3:2</a></span><br />And I buy her to me for fifteen <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and a homer and a letech of barley;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12</a></span><br />And I say unto them: 'If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire -- thirty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/11-13.htm">Zechariah 11:13</a></span><br />And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Cast it unto the potter;' the goodly price that I have been prized at by them, and I take the thirty <span class="boldtext">silverlings</span>, and cast them 'to' the house of Jehovah, unto the potter.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/silverlings.htm">Silverlings</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/worth.htm">Worth (36 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/silverlings.htm">Silverlings (24 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/midianitish.htm">Midianitish (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/briars.htm">Briars (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/akeldama.htm">Akeldama (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/silversmith.htm">Silversmith (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/money.htm">Money (284 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/k/keepers.htm">Keepers (78 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/silverling.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Silverling"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Silverling" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/silver-pieces.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Silver-pieces"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Silver-pieces" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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