Word 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 drachma
From 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).)