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DRACHMA

(Gk. drachm)

A Greek “silver coin” mentioned in Jesus’ parable of the lost coin (Luke 15:8). Its value was roughly the equivalent of a Roman denarius or one quarter of a silver shekel, about a laborer’s daily wage. Ca. 300 b.c. a single drachma was sufficient to purchase a sheep, but it may have been worth less by the 1st century. It was not a great amount of money, and it is reported that the soldiers of Mark Antony considered his gift of 100 drachmas each proof of his stinginess. For the woman of Jesus’ parable, it could represent her dowry.

David R. Beck







Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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