Drachma, Object | Hyper Bible

Type Object Greek δραχμή

A Greek silver coin with about the same value as a Roman denarius.

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Greek coin made of silver, roughly equivalent to the Roman denarius. See Coins.

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Form, use in ancient daily life, and how translators render the term.

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’

Luke (2)

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’