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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SILVERSMITH

sil'-ver-smith (argurokopos): Mentioned only once (Acts 19:24), where reference is made to Demetrius, a leading member of the silversmiths' guild of Ephesus.

Greek

695. argurokopos -- a beater of silver, ie a silversmith
... a beater of silver, ie a silversmith. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
argurokopos Phonetic Spelling: (ar-goo-rok-op'-os) Short Definition: a ...
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1216. Demetrios -- Demetrius, the name of a silversmith and of a ...
... Demetrius, the name of a silversmith and of a Christian. Part of Speech: Noun,
Masculine Transliteration: Demetrios Phonetic Spelling: (day-may'-tree-os) Short ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6884. tsaraph -- to smelt, refine, test
... smelt, refine, test NASB Word Usage goldsmith (5), goldsmiths (2), pure (1), refine
(3), refined (5), refiner's (1), refining goes (1), silversmith (2), smelt ...
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Library

The Life Story of Pastor Wang
... For the next few years he worked as a silversmith in his uncle's shop, this latter
being a generous, kindly man, on whom the responsibilities of business life ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xiii the life story.htm

The Vanity of Idols.
... and fire? Did not the sculptor fashion one of them, the brazier a second,
the silversmith a third, and the potter a fourth? Was ...
/.../the epistle of mathetes to diognetus/chapter ii the vanity of idols.htm

Luke's Account of the Enrollment
... So, for example, Demetrius, the silversmith of Ephesus, spoke about the State-Goddess
Diana, "whom all Asia and the world worshippeth," ie, to worship whom the ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 6 lukes account of.htm

The So-Called Letter to Diognetus
... Were they not forged by iron and fire? Surely the stonemason made one of them, and
the blacksmith another, the silversmith a third, and the potter a fourth! ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/the so-called letter to diognetus.htm

Precepts from the Prophetic Books.
... said: "Every man is brutishly gone astray from the knowledge of Him; every founder
is confounded by his graven images; in vain the silversmith makes his molten ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xxxv precepts from the prophetic.htm

Acts xix. 21, 23
... "For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver temples
of Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen." (v.24.). ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xlii acts xix 21.htm

The Fight with Wild Beasts at Ephesus
... For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines
for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; 25. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the fight with wild beasts.htm

Paul's Trials and victories at Ephesus
... living. A silversmith, by the name of Demetrius, made silver models of the
temple of Artemis which brought much profit to his workmen. ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/pauls trials and victories at.htm

We Would Here, as if all Nations on the Earth were Present...
... these shapes and came out into the forms which you see, baked in potters' furnaces,
produced by anvils and hammers, scraped with the silversmith's, and filed ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/14 we would here as.htm

A Terrible Dream
... "I had the following account from the gentlewoman herself, a person of piety and
veracity. She is now the wife of Mr. J"- B"-, silversmith, in Cork. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/a terrible dream.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

Thesaurus

Silversmith (4 Occurrences)
... silver. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SILVERSMITH. sil'-ver ... Ephesus.
Multi-Version Concordance Silversmith (4 Occurrences). Acts 19 ...
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Demetrius (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) A silversmith at Ephesus, whose chief occupation
was to make "silver shrines for Diana" (qv), Acts 19:24,ie, models either of ...
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Silver-pieces (6 Occurrences)
Silver-pieces. Silverlings, Silver-pieces. Silversmith . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(DBY). Silverlings, Silver-pieces. Silversmith . Reference Bible.
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Employ (6 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:24 There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver
sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics ...
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Miniature (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 19:24 There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver
sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics ...
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Mechanics (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:24 There was a certain Demetrius, a silversmith, who made miniature silver
sanctuaries of Diana, a business which brought great gain to the mechanics ...
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Craftsmen (22 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines
of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen, (WEB KJV ASV NAS ...
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Ar'temis (5 Occurrences)
... Acts 19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines
of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen, (See RSV). ...
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Artificer (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires
skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith. ...
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Smith (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) One who forges with the hammer; one who works
in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. ...
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Bible Concordance

Silversmith (4 Occurrences)

Acts 19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 17:4 So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth a vessel for the refiner;
(See NIV)

Isaiah 40:19 The image, a workman hath cast it , and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it'silver chains.
(See JPS NAS)

Subtopics

Silversmith

Silversmith: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Demetrius (3 Occurrences)

Silver-pieces (6 Occurrences)

Employ (6 Occurrences)

Miniature (1 Occurrence)

Mechanics (2 Occurrences)

Craftsmen (22 Occurrences)