Strong's Greek Concordance

G2855: κολλυβιστής

kollybistḗs · “moneychanger”

Definition

probably akin to G2854 (κολλούριον)); a coin-dealer

KJV translates it as: (money-)changer

Word origin: from a presumed derivative of (a small coin;

Extended definition

κολλυβιστής, -οῦ, ὁ
(κόλλυβος, a small coin, a rate of exchange),
a money-changer: Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15, Jhn.2:15 (of. κερματιοτής).†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G2855 is translated

  • money changers ×3

Bible verses with G2855 (kollybistḗs)

Kollybistḗs appears in 3 verses.

  • Matthew 21:12

    And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

  • Mark 11:15

    And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

  • John 2:15

    And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;