STRONGS NUMBER G2773


Word Summary
kermatistēs: a moneychanger
Original Word: κερματιστής
Transliteration: kermatistēs
Phonetic Spelling: (ker-mat-is-tace')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a moneychanger
Meaning: a moneychanger
Strong's Concordance
changer of money.

From a derivative of kerma; a handler of coins, i.e. Money-broker -- changer of money.

see GREEK kerma

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2773: κερματιστής

κερματιστής, κερματιστου (κερματίζω) (to cut into 'small pieces, to make small change)), a money-changer; money-broker: John 2:14. In the court of the Gentiles ((see ἱερόν, and Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, i. 244f)) in the temple at Jerusalem were the seats of those who sold such animals for sacrifice as had been selected, examined, and approved, together with incense, oil, and other things needed in making offerings and in worship; and the magnitude of this traffic had introduced the banker's or broker's business; (cf. BB. DD. under the word ; especially Edersheim as above, p. 367ff). (Nicet. annal. 7, 2, p. 266, Bekker edition; Max. Tyr. diss. 2, p. 15, Markland edition.)