Strong G1323δίδραχμος
two-drachma
- Transliteration
- didrachmon
- Pronunciation
- did'-rakh-mon
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Detailed definition
δίδραχμος, -ον
(δίς, δραχμή),
worth two drachmae; τὸ δ. (sc. νόμισμα, coin),
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶל (Gen.23:15, a1.), also for כֶּסֶף: Gen.20:16, Deu.22:29;]
a double drachma, nearly equal to the Jewish half-shekel, the amount of the Temple tax: Mat.17:24 (DB, iii, 428).†
(AS)
(δίς, δραχμή),
worth two drachmae; τὸ δ. (sc. νόμισμα, coin),
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶל (Gen.23:15, a1.), also for כֶּסֶף: Gen.20:16, Deu.22:29;]
a double drachma, nearly equal to the Jewish half-shekel, the amount of the Temple tax: Mat.17:24 (DB, iii, 428).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1323 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tribute1
First verses
- Matthew 17:24And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δῐδραχμ-ος, ον,
priced at two drachms, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1353a17)]; δ. ὁπλῖται soldiers with pay of two drachms a day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3. [17].)]
II weighing two drachms, ὁλκή [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudemus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.185.)]
III δ. τόκος interest at two drachms per mina per month (24%), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1146.38 (Gythium, 1st c.BC), “BGU” 1126.17 (1st c.BC).)]
IV δίδραχμον, τό, coin of two drachms, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.79, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 10.7, etc.)]: especially half-shekel, paid to the temple-treasury at Jerusalem, [LXX+NT (LXX.Num.3.47, +others (frequently with see l. δίδραγμον, which see), NT.Matt.17.24.)]
priced at two drachms, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1353a17)]; δ. ὁπλῖται soldiers with pay of two drachms a day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3. [17].)]
II weighing two drachms, ὁλκή [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudemus Philosophus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.185.)]
III δ. τόκος interest at two drachms per mina per month (24%), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1146.38 (Gythium, 1st c.BC), “BGU” 1126.17 (1st c.BC).)]
IV δίδραχμον, τό, coin of two drachms, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.79, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 10.7, etc.)]: especially half-shekel, paid to the temple-treasury at Jerusalem, [LXX+NT (LXX.Num.3.47, +others (frequently with see l. δίδραγμον, which see), NT.Matt.17.24.)]