Silver = 'Money' according to the Hebrew Scriptures
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Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (Gesenius)
Strong's number: H3701
כּסף
keseph
Strong's Definition:
keh'-sef
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money: - money, price, silver (-ling).
Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Definition:
1) silver, money
1a) silver
1a1) as metal
1a2) as ornament
1a3) as colour
1b) money, shekels, talents
Total KJV Occurrences: 403
'Keseph' translated as 'silver', 287 times
Gen 13:2 (2), Gen 20:16, Gen 23:15-16 (3), Gen 24:35, Gen 24:53, Gen 37:28, Gen 44:2, Gen 44:8, Exo 3:22 (2), Exo 11:2, Exo 12:35, Exo 20:23, Exo 21:32, Exo 25:3, Exo 26:19, Exo 26:21, Exo 26:25, Exo 26:32, Exo 27:10-11 (2), Exo 27:17 (2), Exo 35:4-5 (2), Exo 35:24, Exo 35:32, Exo 36:24, Exo 36:26, Exo 36:30, Exo 36:36, Exo 38:10-12 (3), Exo 38:17 (3), Exo 38:19 (2), Exo 38:25, Exo 38:27, Lev 5:15, Lev 27:3, Lev 27:6 (2), Lev 27:16, Num 7:13-85 (28), Num 10:2, 22:18, 24:13, 31:22, Deut 7:25, Deut 8:13, Deut 17:17, Deut 22:19, Deut 22:29, Deut 29:17, Jos 6:19, Jos 6:24, Jos 7:21-22 (3), Jos 7:24, Jos 22:8, Jdg 16:4-5 (2), Jdg 17:2-4 (5), Jdg 17:10, 1Sa 2:36, 1Sa 9:8, 2Sa 18:10-12 (4), 2Sa 21:4, 2Sa 24:24, 1Ki 7:51, 1Ki 10:21-22 (2), 1Ki 10:25, 1Ki 10:27, 1Ki 10:29, 1Ki 15:15, 1Ki 15:18-19 (2), 1Ki 16:24, 1Ki 20:3, 1Ki 20:5, 1Ki 20:7, 1Ki 20:39, 2Ki 5:5, 2Ki 5:22-23 (2), 2Ki 6:25 (2), 2Ki 7:8, 2Ki 14:13-14 (3), 2Ki 15:19-20 (2), 2Ki 16:8, 2Ki 18:14-15 (2), 2Ki 20:13, 2Ki 22:4, 2Ki 23:33, 2Ki 23:35 (2), 2Ki 25:15 (2), 1Ch 18:10-11 (2), 1Ch 19:6, 1Ch 22:14, 1Ch 22:16, 1Ch 28:14-17 (5), 1Ch 29:2-5 (6), 1Ch 29:7, 2Ch 1:15, 2Ch 1:17, 2Ch 2:7, 2Ch 2:14, 2Ch 5:1, 2Ch 9:14, 2Ch 9:20-21 (2), 2Ch 9:24, 2Ch 9:27, 2Ch 15:18, 2Ch 16:2-3 (2), 2Ch 17:11, 2Ch 21:3, 2Ch 24:14, 2Ch 25:6, 2Ch 25:24, 2Ch 27:5, 2Ch 32:27, 2Ch 36:3, Ezr 1:4, Ezr 1:6, Ezr 1:9-11 (3), Ezr 2:69, Ezr 8:25-26 (3), Ezr 8:28, Ezr 8:30, Ezr 8:33, Neh 5:15, Neh 7:71-72 (2), Esth 1:6 (2), Esth 3:9, Esth 3:11, Job 3:15, Job 22:25, Job 27:16-17 (2), Job 28:1, Job 28:15, Psa 12:6, Psa 66:10, Psa 68:13, Psa 68:30, Psa 105:37, Psa 115:4, Psa 119:72, Psa 135:15, Prov 2:4, Prov 3:14, Prov 8:10, Prov 10:19-20 (2), Prov 16:16, Prov 17:3, Prov 22:1, Prov 25:4, Prov 25:11, Prov 26:23, Prov 27:21, Eccl 2:8, Eccl 5:10 (2), Eccl 12:6, Song 1:11, Song 3:10, Song 8:9, Song 8:11, Isa 1:22, Isa 2:7, Isa 2:20, Isa 13:17, Isa 30:22, Isa 31:7, Isa 39:2, Isa 40:19, Isa 46:6, Isa 48:10, Isa 60:9, Isa 60:17, Jer 6:30, Jer 10:4, Jer 32:9 (2), Eze 7:19 (4), Eze 16:13, Eze 22:17-18 (2), Eze 22:20, Eze 22:22, Eze 27:12, Eze 28:4, Eze 38:13, Dan 11:8, Dan 11:38, Dan 11:43, Hos 2:8, Hos 3:2, Hos 8:4, Hos 9:6, Hos 13:2, Amos 8:5-6 (3), Nah 2:9, Hab 2:19, Zep 1:11, Zep 1:18, Hag 2:8, Zec 6:11, Zec 9:3, Zec 11:12-13 (2), Zec 13:9, Zec 14:14, Mal 3:3
'Keseph' translated as 'money', 112 times
Gen 17:12-13 (2), Gen 17:23, Gen 17:27, Gen 23:9, Gen 23:13, Gen 31:15, Gen 42:25, Gen 42:27-28 (2), Gen 42:35 (2), Gen 43:12 (2), Gen 43:15, Gen 43:18, Gen 43:21-23 (5), Gen 44:1-2 (2), Gen 44:8, Gen 47:14-16 (5), Gen 47:18, Exo 12:44, Exo 21:11, Exo 21:21, Exo 21:34-35 (2), Exo 22:7, Exo 22:17, Exo 22:25, Exo 30:16, Lev 22:11, Lev 25:37, Lev 25:51, Lev 27:15, Lev 27:18-19 (2), Num 3:48-51 (4), Num 18:16, Deut 2:6 (2), Deut 2:28 (2), Deut 14:25-26 (3), Deut 21:14, Jdg 5:19 (2), Jdg 16:18, Jdg 17:4, 1Ki 21:2, 1Ki 21:6, 1Ki 21:15, 2Ki 5:26, 2 Ki 12:4-16 (14), 2Ki 15:20, 2Ki 22:7, 2Ki 22:9, 2Ki 23:35, 2Ch 24:5, 2Ch 24:11 (2), 2Ch 24:14, 2Ch 34:9, 2Ch 34:14, 2Ch 34:17, Ezr 3:7, Neh 5:4, Neh 5:10-11 (2), Esth 4:7, Job 31:39, Psa 15:5, Prov 7:20, Eccl 7:12, Eccl 10:19, Isa 43:24, Isa 52:3, Isa 55:1-2 (3), Jer 32:9-10 (2), Jer 32:25, Jer 32:44, Lam 5:4, Mic 3:11
'Keseph' translated as 'price', 3 times
Lev 25:50 KJV, 1Ch 21:22 KJV, 1Ch 21:24 KJV
'Keseph' translated as 'silverlings', 1 times
Isa 7:23 KJV
Ancient-Hebrew and Paleo-Hebrew variants of Keseph/Silver/Money
The Hebrew words 'Keseph' and 'Kasaph' are made up of three letters: Kaf (picture of an open hand), Samech (picture of a thorn, rake, or mining tool), and Peh (picture of an open mouth, pit, container, or bowl). Pictographically, all three letters show a hand using a tool to gather something into a bowl or container.
We gather or collects things that are of value, things which are 'desirable'. Money and silver of course are equivalent measurements of value according to the Hebrew Scriptures. Internationally, we can certainly see that Keseph is "desired" or something "longed for", noting the Strong's definition variant of Kasaph, H3700.
Hanok ben-Isaak