Lexical Summary drachmē: as much as one can hold in the hand, a drachma (a Greek coin made of silver) Original Word: δραχμήTransliteration: drachmē Phonetic Spelling: (drakh-may') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: as much as one can hold in the hand, a drachma (a Greek coin made of silver) Meaning: as much as one can hold in the hand, a drachma (a Greek coin made of silver) Strong's Concordance piece of silver, drachmaFrom drassomai; a drachma or (silver) coin (as handled) -- piece (of silver). see GREEK drassomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1406: δραχμήδραχμή, 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. |
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