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δραχμή

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Gloss: drachma

Transliteration: drachmē

Strong’s: G1406

δραχμή, -ῆς, ἡ
(δράσσομαι), [in LXX: in Hex. for in בֶּקַע, שֶׁקֶל Ezra for אֲדַרְכֹּן, דַּרְכְּמוֹן ;]
a drachma, nearly equal to the Roman denarius (see: δηνόριον): Luk.15:8-9 (DCG, ii, 200).†
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