What does δίδραχμον (dídrachmon) mean in the Bible?
δίδραχμον (dídrachmon): A double drachma coin, equivalent to the Jewish Temple tax half-shekel required annually.
Greek · G1323
δίδραχμον
A double drachma (didrachm)
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δίδραχμον G1323
Pronunciation dídrachmon
What does δίδραχμον (dídrachmon) mean in the Bible?
δίδραχμον (dídrachmon): A double drachma coin, equivalent to the Jewish Temple tax half-shekel required annually.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1323?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include two drachmas (1), two-drachma [tax] (1).
Where does δίδραχμον (dídrachmon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 17:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It two drachmas 1× Matthew 17:24
two-drachma [tax] 1× Matthew 17:24
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 17:24
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Matthew 2
Source forms
δίδραχμα 2x didrachma Matthew 17:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 17:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A double drachma coin, equivalent to the Jewish Temple tax half-shekel required annually.
Strong's G1323
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a double drachma (didrachm)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A double drachma coin, equivalent to the Jewish Temple tax half-shekel required annually.
(δίς, δραχμή), worth two drachmae; τὸ δ. (sc. νόμισμα, coin), [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶל (Gen.23:15, a1.), also for כֶּסֶף: Gen.20:16, Deu.22:29 ;] a double drachma, nearly equal to the Jewish half-shekel, the amount of the Temple tax: Mat.17:24 (DB, iii, 428).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 17:24 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
δίδραχμα didracma
a double-drachma, two drachmae
Read verse Matthew 17:24 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
δίδραχμα; didracma
a double-drachma, two drachmae
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 17:24 2×
Word Origins
δίδραχμον is built from these roots:
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