A precious metal often surpassed in value only by gold. It had a variety of uses and by NT times was common in coinage.

Job 28:1-4

Silver mined

1 Kings 10:22

Silver acquired through trade

See also

Jeremiah 10:9

pp 2Ch 9:20

Ezekiel 27:12
Revelation 18:11-12
Psalms 66:10

Silver refined

See also

Proverbs 17:3; 27:21
Isaiah 48:10
Ezekiel 22:20-22
Zechariah 13:9
Malachi 3:3
Proverbs 25:4

Silver worked by silversmiths

See also

2 Chronicles 2:7,13-14
Acts 19:24
Genesis 13:2

Possession of silver a sign of wealth

See also

Genesis 24:35
Numbers 22:18
Deuteronomy 8:13; 17:17
Joshua 22:8
2 Chronicles 32:27
Job 3:13-15; 27:16
Psalms 105:37

Hezekiah's riches

Ecclesiastes 2:8
Isaiah 2:7; 60:17
Ezekiel 16:13
Ezekiel 28:4
Daniel 11:43

the adornments of unfaithful Jerusalem

Hosea 2:8
Zechariah 9:3; 14:14
Exodus 25:1-3

Silver given as offerings to God

See also

Exodus 35:5,24
Numbers 7:84-85
2 Samuel 8:11
1 Chronicles 29:7
Ezra 1:1-11; 2:68-69; 7:13-16; 8:24-30

pp 1Ch 18:11

Nehemiah 7:71-72
Exodus 38:17

Silver in the tabernacle

See also

Exodus 26:18-25
Exodus 26:31-32

pp Ex 36:23-30

Exodus 27:9-11

pp Ex 36:35-36

Exodus 27:17; 38:18-19,25-28
Numbers 10:2

pp Ex 38:9-12

1 Chronicles 22:14

Silver in the temple

See also

1 Kings 7:51
1 Kings 15:15

pp 2Ch 5:1

2 Kings 25:15

pp 2Ch 15:18

1 Chronicles 28:14-17; 29:2-5
2 Chronicles 24:14

pp Jer 52:19

Daniel 5:2
1 Kings 10:27

Silver abundant in Jerusalem in Solomon's time

See also

pp 2Ch 1:15

1 Kings 10:21

pp 2Ch 9:27

pp 2Ch 9:20

Genesis 37:28

Silver as currency

See also

Genesis 20:16; 23:15-16; 33:19; 42:35
Exodus 21:32; 38:25
Leviticus 5:15; 27:6,16
Numbers 3:50; 18:16
Deuteronomy 2:6,28; 14:22-26; 22:19,28-29
Joshua 24:32

the redemption of firstborn males

Judges 9:4; 16:5
Judges 17:10
1 Samuel 9:8

The rulers of the Philistines offer to pay Delilah for the secret of Samson's great strength

2 Samuel 18:11; 24:24
1 Kings 10:29

David buys Araunah's threshing-floor and oxen

1 Kings 16:24; 20:39
2 Kings 6:25

pp 2Ch 1:17

1 Chronicles 19:6
2 Chronicles 25:6
Ezra 7:21-22
Nehemiah 5:15
Esther 3:9
Job 42:11
Isaiah 7:23

Haman promises to pay those who destroy the Jews

Jeremiah 32:9-10,44
Hosea 3:1-2
Amos 2:6; 8:5-6
Zephaniah 1:11
Zechariah 11:12-13
Matthew 10:9; 26:15; 27:3-10
Luke 10:35
Acts 3:6

Judas returns the thirty silver coins

2 Kings 23:33-35

Silver as tribute

See also

1 Kings 15:18-19

pp 2Ch 36:3

2 Kings 16:8; 18:14-15
2 Chronicles 9:13-14,23-24; 17:11; 27:5

pp 2Ch 16:2-3

Judges 5:19

Silver as plunder

See also

Exodus 3:22
Numbers 31:21-23
Joshua 6:18-19,24; 7:21
2 Kings 14:14
Ezekiel 38:13
Nahum 2:9

pp 2Ch 25:24

Exodus 20:23

Silver idols or statues

See also

Deuteronomy 7:25; 29:17
Judges 17:1-4
Psalms 115:4
Isaiah 2:20; 30:22; 31:7; 40:19; 46:6
Jeremiah 10:3-4,8-9
Daniel 2:32
Daniel 5:4,23
Hosea 8:4; 13:2

the statue in Nebuchadnezzar's dream

Habakkuk 2:19
Acts 17:29; 19:24
Revelation 9:20
Genesis 24:53

Silver jewellery

See also

Songs 1:11
Ezekiel 16:17
Job 22:23-25

Silver referred to metaphorically

See also

Psalms 12:6; 68:13; 119:72
Proverbs 2:1-5; 3:13-14; 8:10,19; 10:20; 16:16; 22:1
Proverbs 25:11
Ecclesiastes 12:6

Esteem is better than silver or gold

Isaiah 1:22

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4303 metals
4333 gold
4351 refining
4351 refining
5261 commander
5272 craftsmen
5412 money
5594 tribute
5616 measures, dry
5915 ornaments
7402 offerings
8768 idolatry