Strong's Greek: 1406. δραχμή (drachmé) -- as much as one can hold in the hand, a drachma (a Gr. coin made of silver)

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Lexicon

drachmé: as much as one can hold in the hand, a drachma (a Gr. coin made of silver)

Original Word: δραχμή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: drachmé
Phonetic Spelling: (drakh-may')
Short Definition: a drachma
Definition: a drachma, a Greek silver coin.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from drassomai
Definition
as much as one can hold in the hand, a drachma (a Gr. coin made of silver)
NASB Translation
coin (2), coins (1), silver coins (1).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 1406: δραχμή

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): Luke 15:8f.

Strong's

piece of silver, drachma

From drassomai; a drachma or (silver) coin (as handled) -- piece (of silver).

see GREEK drassomai