G5586 – psephos – ψῆφος a pebble; fig. a verdict

Strong’s ID:
G5586
Greek Word:
ψῆφος
Transliteration:
psephos
Pronunciation:
psay’-fos
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Etymology:
from the base of G5567, i.e., “worn smooth by handling”
Usage Count:
3
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Find “psephos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) a pebble
2) figuratively: a verdict, where the black side of the pebble denotes “guilty” and the white side denotes “not guilty”

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from the same as G5584; 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:—stone, voice.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) a small worn smooth stone, a pebble
1a) in the ancient courts of justice the accused were condemned by black pebbles and the acquitted by white
2) a vote (on account of the use of pebbles in voting)

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.