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δίδραχμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίδραχμος δίδραχμον

Structure: διδραχμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: di/s, draxmh/

Sense

  1. worth two drachms: with pay of two drachms a day
  2. a double-drachm or half-shekel

Examples

  • οὐχὶ κύριε, ἀκήκοα γάρ, γῆ τετρακοσίων διδράχμων ἀργυρίου, ἀλλὰ τί ἂν εἴη τοῦτο ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ̣ σὺ δὲ τὸν νεκρόν σου θάψον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:15)
  • εἶδον ἐν τῇ προνομῇ ψιλὴν ποικίλην καλὴν καὶ διακόσια δίδραχμα ἀργυρίου καὶ γλῶσσαν μίαν χρυσῆν πεντήκοντα διδράχμων καὶ ἐνθυμηθεὶσ αὐτῶν ἔλαβον, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὰ ἐγκέκρυπται ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ μου καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον κέκρυπται ὑποκάτω αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 7:21)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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