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In the New Testament, it is specifically associated with the money used in the temple for offerings or transactions.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the time of the New Testament, the temple in Jerusalem was a central place of worship and commerce. Money changers operated in the temple courts, exchanging foreign currency for the temple currency, which was required for offerings and sacrifices. The presence of money changers was a practical necessity due to the diverse currencies brought by pilgrims from different regions. However, this practice also led to exploitation and corruption, which Jesus condemned.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2751.htm">keiró</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a slice, hence a small coin<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>coins (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2772: κέρμα</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κέρμα</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κερματος</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">κείρω</span> to cut into bits), <span class="accented">small pieces of money, small coin, change</span>; generally and collectively, <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">κέρμα</span> <span class="accented">money</span>: <a href="/interlinear/john/2-15.htm">John 2:15</a>, where <span class="manuref">L</span> marginal reading <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">κερματα</span>; (<span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, others). Cf. the full exhibition of the use of the word given by Fischer, De vitiis lexicorum N. T. etc., p. 264ff<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>money. <p>From <a href="/greek/2751.htm">keiro</a>; a clipping (bit), i.e. (specially) a coin -- money. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2751.htm">keiro</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κέρμα κερματα κέρματα kerma kérma<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/john/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 2:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐξέχεεν τὸ <b>κέρμα</b> καὶ τὰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and He poured <span class="itali">out the coins</span> of the money changers<br><a href="/kjvs/john/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the changers' <span class="itali">money,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/john/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he poured out the <span class="itali">coins</span> and the<p><b><a href="/greek/2772.htm">Strong's Greek 2772</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2772.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kerma_2772.htm">κέρμα — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2771.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2771"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2771" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2773.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2773"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2773" /></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>