כסף, Gen. xx, 16; ἀργύριον, 1 Pet. i, 18; Acts iii, 4; xx, 33; a
well known metal, of a white shining colour; next in value to gold. It
does not appear to have been in use before the deluge; at least Moses
says nothing of it: he speaks only of the metals brass and iron, Gen.
iv, 22. But in Abraham’s time it was become common, and traffic was
carried on with it, Gen. xxiii, 2, 15. Yet it was not then coined, but
was only in bars or ingots; and in commerce was always weighed.
well known metal, of a white shining colour; next in value to gold. It
does not appear to have been in use before the deluge; at least Moses
says nothing of it: he speaks only of the metals brass and iron, Gen.
iv, 22. But in Abraham’s time it was become common, and traffic was
carried on with it, Gen. xxiii, 2, 15. Yet it was not then coined, but
was only in bars or ingots; and in commerce was always weighed.