Word Summary
kerma: a slice, a small coin
Original Word: κέρμαTransliteration: kerma
Phonetic Spelling: (ker'-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a slice, a small coin
Meaning: a slice, a small coin
Strong's Concordance
money.
From keiro; a clipping (bit), i.e. (specially) a coin -- money.
see GREEK keiro
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2772: κέρμακέρμα,
κερματος,
τό (
κείρω to cut into bits),
small pieces of money, small coin, change; generally and collectively,
τό κέρμα money:
John 2:15, where
L marginal reading
Tr WH τά κερματα; (
Aristophanes,
Demosthenes,
Josephus, others). Cf. the full exhibition of the use of the word given by Fischer, De vitiis lexicorum N. T. etc., p. 264ff