# silver

## Definition:

Silver is a shiny, gray precious metal used to make coins, jewelry, containers, and ornaments.

* The various containers that are made include silver cups and bowls, and other things used for cooking, eating, or serving.
* Silver and gold were used in the building of the tabernacle and the temple.The temple in Jerusalem had containers made of silver.
* In Bible times, a shekel was a unit of weight, and a purchase was often priced at a certain number of shekels of silver. By New Testament times there were silver coins of various weights that were measured in shekels.
* Joseph’s brothers sold him as a slave for twenty shekels of silver.
* Judas was paid thirty silver coins for betraying Jesus.

(See also: [tabernacle](../kt/tabernacle.md), [temple](../kt/temple.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Chronicles 18:9-11](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/18/09)
* [1 Samuel 02:36](rc://en/tn/help/1sa/02/36)
* [2 Kings 25:13-15](rc://en/tn/help/2ki/25/13)
* [Acts 03:06](rc://en/tn/help/act/03/06)
* [Matthew 26:15](rc://en/tn/help/mat/26/15)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H3701, H3702, H7192, G693, G694, G695, G696, G1406
