Lexicon
τραπεζίτης
trapezitēs
G5133
G:N-M Greek

money lender

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trapezites denotes people to whom money is entrusted and from whom it is received back with interest.

The attested use identifies people to whom money is given so that it may be received back with interest.

Senses in use

  1. Recipients of money for return with interest · dominant

    In Matthew 25:27, the dative plural form occurs as the recipients to whom the speaker says money should have been given; the APB renders the clause, "throw my money to the money lenders," followed by receiving it back "with interest."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 25:27, the APB presents the recipients as "the money lenders" in a clause about depositing money and receiving it back with interest. The verse is read as a whole.

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