What does δέκα · δραχμή mean in the Bible?
δέκα · δραχμή is a Greek phrase meaning "ten drachmas / silver coins".
Greek · G1176, G1406
δραχμὰς δέκα
Ten · a drachma or (silver) coin (as handled)
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δέκα G1176 ten
Pronunciation déka
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δραχμή G1406 a drachma or (silver) coin (as handled)
Pronunciation drachmḗ
A Greek silver coin approximately equivalent in value to a Roman denarius, representing modest daily wages.
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What does δραχμὰς δέκα (drachmas deka) mean in the Bible?
δέκα · δραχμή is a Greek phrase meaning "ten drachmas / silver coins".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1176, G1406?
G1176, G1406 is connected to 25 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. ten drachmas / silver coins
Source Gloss
ten drachmas / silver coins
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 25 Case pattern Accusative (13) Number pattern Plural (25)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:24 · Mark 10:41 · Luke 17:12 · Luke 17:17 · Rev 17:12 5×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 17:12 · Rev 17:16 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 19:17 · Acts 25:6 · Rev 2:10 3×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:1 · Luke 14:31 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 25:28 · Luke 13:16 · Rev 12:3 · Rev 13:1 · Rev 17:3 · Rev 17:7 7×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 15:8 · Luke 19:13 · Luke 19:16 · Luke 19:24 · Luke 19:25 5×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 19:13 1×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain