Lexical Summary didrachmon: a double drachma Original Word: δίδραχμονTransliteration: didrachmon Phonetic Spelling: (did'-rakh-mon) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a double drachma Meaning: a double drachma Strong's Concordance a double drachmaFrom dis and drachme; a double drachma (didrachm) -- tribute. see GREEK dis see GREEK drachme Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1323: δίδραχμονδίδραχμον, διδράχμου, τό (neuter of the adjective δίδραχμος, δίδραχμον, namely, νόμισμα; from δίς and δραχμή), a didrachmon or double-drachma, a silver coin equal to two Attic drachmas or one Alexandrian, or half a shekel (about one third of a dollar) (see in ἀργύριον, 3): Matthew 17:24. (the Sept. often for שֶׁקֶל; (Pollux, Galen).) |