Greek noun (feminine) · G5586
ψῆφος
psephospsay'-fos
a small smooth stone, a pebble; From the use of pebbles in voting, a vote
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: psēphos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5586is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5586
a pebble (as worn smooth by handling), i.e. (by implication, of use as a counter or ballot) a verdict (of acquittal) or ticket (of admission); a vote
The King James renders it: stone, voice.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
psephos is rendered "a small smooth stone, a pebble; From the use of pebbles in voting, a vote". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a small smooth stone, a pebble".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
The first use
And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
Acts 26:10ψῆφον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a small smooth stone, a pebble, and From the use of pebbles in voting, a vote.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a small smooth stone, a pebbleψ. λευκή (for suggestions as to the meaning, see Swete, in l), Rev.2:17. | Tagged as
| WhereRevelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes… |
| From the use of pebbles in voting, a voteAct.26:10.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 26:10And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ψῆφον3
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular3N-ASF
Acts
one use
And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
- ψῆφονpsephonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a vote
Revelation
two uses
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
- ψῆφονpsephonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: stone
- ψῆφονpsephonnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: stone
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.