Moneychangers
Bible Usage:
- moneychangers used twice.
- First Reference: Matthew 21:12
- Last Reference: Mark 11:15
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G2855 Used 2 times
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Moneychangers
(Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15) According to (Exodus 30:13-15) every Isr'lite who had reached or passed the age of twenty must pay into the sacred treasury, whenever the nation was numbered, a half-shekel as an offering to Jehovah. The money-changers whom Christ, for their impiety, avarice and fraudulent dealing, expelled from the temple were the dealers who supplied half-shekels, for such a premium as they might be able to exact, to the Jews from all parts of the world who assembled at Jerusalem during the great festivals, and were required to pay their tribute or ransom money in the Hebrew coin.