Gloss
stone, vote (cast by stones); in NT times a white stone usually meant a vote for innocence, a black stone a vote for guilt; the white stone of Rev 2:17 may picture the innocence of its owner
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ψῆφος, ου, ἡ
Greek transliteration
psēphos
Simplified transliteration
psephos
Numbers
Strong's number
5586
GK Number
6029
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2b
Definition
, variously employed, especially in a ballot; hence,
Greek-English Concordance for ψῆφος
| Acts 26:10 | And I did so in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up in prison many of the saints, after receiving authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I cast my vote (psēphon | ψῆφον | acc sg fem) against them. |
| Revelation 2:17 | He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone (psēphon | ψῆφον | acc sg fem), and on that stone (psēphon | ψῆφον | acc sg fem) will be written a new name which no one can understand except the one who receives it. |
