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Strong's #5586: psephos (pronounced psay'-fos)

from the same as 5584; 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.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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psēphos

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)

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from the same as G5584

Citing in TDNT: 9:604, 1341




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Acts 26:10: "and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against"
Revelation 2:17: "and will give him a white stone, and in the"
Revelation 2:17: "stone, and in the stone a new name written,"









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