- Original: στατήρ - Transliteration: Stater - Phonetic: stat-air' - Definition: 1. a stater, a coin a. in the NT a silver stater equal to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, a Jewish shekel - Origin: from the base of G2746 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From the base of G2746 ; a stander (standard of value) that is (specifically) a stater or certain coin: - piece of money.