Lexicon leptos: peeled, fine, thin, small, light Original Word: λεπτόν, οῦ, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: leptos Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ton') Short Definition: a small piece of money Definition: a small piece of money, probably the smallest piece of money. HELPS word-Studies 3016 leptón – a copper or bronze coin worth 1/A of a denarius, i.e. of very little value. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as lepisDefinitionpeeled, fine, thin, small, light NASB Translationcent (1), small copper coins (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3016: λεπτόςλεπτός, λεπτή, λεπτόν ( λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel), thin; small; τό λεπτόν, a very small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an as ( A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.'s Kitto and B. D. under the word; cf. F. R. Conder in the Bible Educator, 3:179): Mark 12:42; Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2; ( Alciphron, epistles I, 9 adds κέρμα; Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies νόμισμα).
Strong's mite. Neuter of a derivative of the same as lepis; something scaled (light), i.e. A small coin -- mite. see GREEK lepis |
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