Quick Definition
a drachma
Strong's Definition
a drachma or (silver) coin (as handled)
Derivation: from G1405 (δράσσομαι);
KJV Usage: piece (of silver)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δραχμή, δραχμης, ἡ (δράσσομαι (hence, properly, a grip, a handful)) (from Herodotus down), a drachma, a silver coin of (nearly) the same weight as the Roman denarius (see δηνάριον): Luk_15:8 f.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δραχμή drachmē 3x
a drachma, an Attic silver coin of nearly the same value as the Roman denarius, Luk_15:8-9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δραχμή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < δράσσομαι ),
[in LXX : in Hex . for in H1235 , H8255 Ezra for H150 , H1871 ;]
a drachma, nearly equal to the Roman denarius ( see δηνόριον ): Luk_15:8-9 ( DCG , ii, 200).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δραχμή [page 170]
This coin, which is only mentioned in the NT in Luk_15:8 f. , was of the same value as the denarius in ordinary calculations or about 9½ d. : see Kennedy in Hastings D.B. iii. p. 428. Raphael when he accepted service with Tobit did so for δραχμὴν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὰ δέοντά σοι ( Tob_5:15 ) : cf. Mat_20:2 ff. , In BGU I. 183 (a will A.D. 85) we read of a bequest Στοτοήτι καὶ Ὥρωι ἑκάστῳ [ἀ ]νὰ ἀργυ [ρίου δρα ]χμὰς ὀκτώ . The same sum is mentioned in the will of Thaλsis, P Tebt II. 381 .15 (A.D. 123) (= Selections , p. 79) where the editors conjecture that it may have been a conventional legacy where a serious bequest was not intended : cf. our cut off with a shilling. According to Thackeray Gr. i. p. 103 the form δραγμή , which is found in late MSS of the LXX ( 2Ma_4:19 ; 2Ma_10:20 etc.), does not occur in the Ptolemaic papyri. As against the ordinary derivation of δραχμή from δράσσομαι , Lewy ( Fremdwφrter , p. 18) makes it of Eastern origin, connecting it with the Phoenician γΜΗψΐλΜΐξεΙκ : see also BDB Heb. Lex. under this word, and Boisacq Etym.Lex. s.v. δράσσομαι and δραχμή . Δραχμή is of course still in use as the name of a coin, worth about a franc.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δραχμή δραχμή, ἡ, (n draxm h_hs suff_acc fem ) [Etym: δράσσομαι] properly, "a handful", like δράγμα:—an Attic weight, "a drachm", weighing about 66 1/2 grains, the Aeginetan being = 2/3 Attic. an Attic silver coin, "a drachma", worth 6 obols, i. e. 9 3/4 d., nearly = Roman "denarius" and Fr. "franc", Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δραχμή, -ῆς, ἡ
(δράσσομαι), [in LXX: in Hex. for in בֶּקַע, שֶׁקֶל Ezra for אֲדַרְכֹּן, דַּרְכְּמוֹן ;]
a drachma, nearly equal to the Roman denarius (see: δηνόριον): Luk.15:8-9 (DCG, ii, 200).†
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