Lexicon kodrantés: quadrans, one-fourth of an as (a Roman monetary unit) Original Word: κοδράντης, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kodrantés Phonetic Spelling: (kod-ran'-tace) Short Definition: the smallest Roman copper coin Definition: a quadrans, the smallest Roman copper coin, a quarter of an as, the sixteenth part of a sesterius. HELPS word-Studies 2835 kodrántēs – a Roman copper coin, worth 1/A of a denarius; "(Latin, = quadrans), 'a quadrans,' the smallest Roman copper coin, a quarter of an as, the sixteenth part of a sestertius" (Souter). The Latin quadrans was ¼ of an "as, the same as an assarion (787)," i.e. the same as a farthing, equal to two lepta (mites). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Latin origin Definitionquadrans, one-fourth of an as (a Rom. monetary unit) NASB Translationcent (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2835: κοδράντηςκοδράντης, κοδραντου ( Buttmann, 17 (16)), ὁ; a Latin word, quadrans (i. e. the fourth part of an as); in the N. T. a coin equal to one half the Attic chalcus or to two λεπτά (see λεπτόν): Mark 12:42; Matthew 5:26. The word is fully discussed by Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 447ff ( A. V. farthing; see BB. DD. under the word.)
Strong's farthing. Of Latin origin; a quadrans, i.e. The fourth part of an as -- farthing. |
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