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Coin

Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they weighed out (Gen. This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2772, G3016, G3546, G4715
Hebrew
דָּת · dâth
Greek
κέρμα · kerma

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κέρμα

G2772
Transliteration
kerma
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

coin, money

Lexicon definition

κέρμα, -τος, τό (κείρω), __1. a slice, hence, __2. a small coin: pl., Jhn.2:15.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λεπτός

G3016
Transliteration
leptos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

coin, mite

Lexicon definition

λεπτός, -ή, -όν (λέπω, to peel), __1. peeled. __2. fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): Mrk.12:42, Luk.12:59 21:2.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

νόμισμα

G3546
Transliteration
nomisma
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-N
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

coin, money

Lexicon definition

νόμισμα, -τος, τό (νομίζω), [in LXX: Est.8:36 (דָּת), Neh.7:71 R (דַּרְכְּמוֹן), 1Ma.15:6 * ;] __1. that which is established by usage, a custom. __2. The current coin of a state: Mat.22:19.† (AS)

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

στατήρ

G4715
Transliteration
statēr
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

coin, piece of money

Lexicon definition

στατήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ [in Aq., Sm., for מִשְׁקָל ;] a stater; __(a) a weight; __(b) a coin (used by late writers of the Greek τετράδραχμον): Mat.17:27 26:16, WH, mg.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Κέρμα

G2772
Transliteration
kérma
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

money

Lexicon definition

something clipped small; small change, small pieces of money, coin, Jno. 2.15: whence

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Νόμισμα

G3546
Transliteration
nómisma
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

money

Lexicon definition

pr. a thing sanctioned by law or custom; lawful money, coin, Mat. 22.19.

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Στατήρ

G4715
Transliteration
statḗr
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

piece of money

Lexicon definition

pr. a weight; a stater, an Attic silver coin, equal in value to the Jewish shekel, or to 4 Attic or 2 Alexandrian drachms, and equivalent to about 3s. in our money, Mat. 17.27.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דָּת

H1881
Transliteration
dâth
Pronunciation
dawth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
22

Glosses

commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.

Lexicon definition

a royal edict or statute

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דָּת

H1882
Transliteration
dâth
Pronunciation
dawth
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
14

Glosses

decree, law.

Lexicon definition

{a royal edict or statute}

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דַּרְכְּמוֹן

H1871
Transliteration
darkᵉmôwn
Pronunciation
dar-kem-one'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

dram.

Lexicon definition

a 'drachma', or coin

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מִשְׁקָל

H4948
Transliteration
mishqâl
Pronunciation
mish-kawl'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
49

Glosses

(full) weight.

Lexicon definition

weight (numerically estimated)

hence, weighing (the act)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Coin

Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they weighed out (Gen. 23:16; Ex. 38:24; 2 Sam. 18:12). Probably the silver ingots used in the time of Abraham may have been of a fixed weight, which was in some way indicated on them. The "pieces of silver" paid by Abimelech to Abraham (Gen. 20:16), and those also for which Joseph was sold (37:28), were proably in the form of rings. The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the Captivity. Only once is a shekel of gold mentioned (1 Chr. 21:25). The "six thousand of gold" mentioned in the transaction between Naaman and Gehazi (2 Kings 5:5) were probably so many shekels of gold. The "piece of money" mentioned in Job 42:11; Gen. 33:19 (marg., "lambs") was the Hebrew kesitah, probably an uncoined piece of silver of a certain weight in the form of a sheep or lamb, or perhaps having on it such an impression. The same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 24:32, which is rendered by Wickliffe "an hundred yonge scheep."

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Coin

Indexed occurrences: 3

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Strong's Concordance

Coins

Indexed occurrences: 4

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

COIN

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Coin

Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they weighed out (Gen. 23:16; Ex. 38:24; 2 Sam. 18:12). Probably the silver ingots used in the time of Abraham may have been of a fixed weight, which was in some way indicated on them. The "pieces of silver" paid by Abimelech to Abraham (Gen. 20:16), and those also for which Joseph was sold (37:28), were proably in the form of rings. The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the Captivity. Only once is a shekel of gold mentioned (1 Chr. 21:25). The "six thousand of gold" mentioned in the transaction between Naaman and Gehazi (2 Kings 5:5) were probably so many shekels of gold. The "piece of money" mentioned in Job 42:11; Gen. 33:19 (marg., "lambs") was the Hebrew kesitah, probably an uncoined piece of silver of a certain weight in the form of a sheep or lamb, or perhaps having on it such an impression. The same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 24:32, which is rendered by Wickliffe "an hundred yonge scheep."

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Daric

In the Revised Version of 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh. 7:70-72, where the Authorized Version has "dram." It is the rendering of the Hebrew darkemon and the Greek dareikos. It was a gold coin, bearing the figure of a Persian King with his crown and armed with bow and arrow. It was current among the Jews after their return from Babylon, i.e., while under the Persian domination. It weighed about 128 grains troy, and was of the value of about one guinea or rather more of our money. It is the first coin mentioned in Scripture, and is the oldest that history makes known to us.

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Dram

The Authorized Version understood the word adarkonim (1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma. But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian empire. (See [163]DARIC.)

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Farthing

(1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small as, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money. (2.) Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an as, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin.

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Mite

Contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word lepton, the very smallest bronze of copper coin (Luke 12:59; 21:2). Two mites made one quadrans, i.e., the fourth part of a Roman as, which was in value nearly a halfpenny. (See [407]FARTHING.)

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Penny

(Gr. denarion), a silver coin of the value of about 7 1/2d. or 8d. of our present money. It is thus rendered in the New Testament, and is more frequently mentioned than any other coin (Matt. 18:28; 20:2, 9, 13; Mark 6:37; 14:5, etc.). It was the daily pay of a Roman soldier in the time of Christ. In the reign of Edward III. an English penny was a labourer's day's wages. This was the "tribute money" with reference to which our Lord said, "Whose image and superscription is this?" When they answered, "Caesar's," he replied, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's" (Matt. 22:19; Mark 12:15).

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Worshipper

(Gr. neocoros = temple-sweeper (Acts 19:35) of the great goddess Diana). This name neocoros appears on most of the extant Ephesian coins

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