GREEK · G2835
κοδράντης
kodrantēs — penny
κοδράντης, -ου, ὁ (Lat. quadrans, the fourth part of an as), a quadrans (AV, farthing): Mat.5:26, Mrk.12:42.† (AS)
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Farthing
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G787
ἀσσάριον
assarion — assarion
ἀσσάριον, -ον, τό (diminutive of Lat. as), an assarion, a farthing, one-tenth of a drachma: Mat.10:29, Luk.12:6 (MM, see word; DB, iii, 428; DCG, ii, 200).† (AS)
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(1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small as, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money. (2.) Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an as, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.