Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
didrachm .
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- noun An
Ancient Greek silver coin worth twodrachmas .
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Examples
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Roman government, is apparent from the specification of the "didrachma," which in the authorized version is translated "tribute."
Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897
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In Matt. 17: 24-27 the word denotes the temple rate (the "didrachma," the "half-shekel," as rendered by the
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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[They that receive the (didrachma) tribute-money.]
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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A didrachma was half a sicle, or half a stater; that is, about 15d.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
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The Transfiguration of Christ: He cures the lunatic child: foretells his passion; and pays the didrachma.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
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A didrachma was half a sicle, or half a stater; that is, about 15d.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachma?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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A didrachma was half a sicle, or half a stater; that is, about 15d.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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The Transfiguration of Christ: He cures the lunatic child: foretells his passion; and pays the didrachma.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master pay the didrachma?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
hernesheir commented on the word didrachma
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "3:30 a.m. to-morrow. US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906, p.176.
January 21, 2013
bilby commented on the word didrachma
Immortalised in the magic lantern classic 'Zero Didrachma Thirty' about the hunt for Boer War outlaws.
January 21, 2013
hernesheir commented on the word didrachma
And dinar = 6:15 p.m. today.
January 21, 2013