Topic
Silverling
1 passage cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Isaiah 7:23Easton · ISBE
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
(Isa. 7:23). Literally the words are “at a thousand of silver”, i.e., “pieces of silver,” or shekels.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
sil'-ver-ling ('eleph kecheph (Isa 7:23)): `A thousand of silver' means a thousand shekels.
See PIECE OF SILVER.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.