Lexicon dénarion: denarius (a Roman coin) Original Word: δηνάριον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: dénarion Phonetic Spelling: (day-nar'-ee-on) Short Definition: a denarius Definition: a denarius, a small Roman silver coin. HELPS word-Studies 1220 dēnárion – a denarius; "a small Roman silver coin, weighing in Nero's time, 53 grams. Its value and purchasing power varied from time to time" (Souter). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Latin origin Definitiondenarius (a Rom. coin) NASB Translationdenarii (7), denarius (9).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1220: δηνάριονδηνάριον, δηναρίου, τό ( Plutarch, Epictetus, others), a Latin word, a denarius, a silver coin, originally consisting of ten (whence its name), afterward (from on) of sixteen asses; about (3.898 grams, i. e. 8 1/2 pence or 16 2/3 cents; rapidly debased from Nero on; cf. BB. DD. under the word ): Matthew 18:28; Matthew 20:2, 9, 13; Matthew 22:19; Mark 6:37; Mark 12:15; Mark 14:5; Luke 7:41; Luke 10:35; Luke 20:24; John 6:7; John 12:5; Revelation 6:6 (cf. Winers Grammar, 587 (546); Buttmann, 164 (143)); τό ἀνά δηνάριον namely, ὄν, the pay of a denarius apiece promised to each workman, Matthew 20:10 T Tr (txt., Tr marginal reading WH brackets τό).
Strong's denarius, pence, penny. Of Latin origin; a denarius (or ten asses) -- pence, penny(-worth). |
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