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δραχμή

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
δραχμή, ῆς, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
drachmē
Simplified transliteration: 
drachme
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1406
GK Number: 
1534
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1b
Gloss: 
silver coin, drachma
Definition: 
a drachma, an Attic silver coin of nearly the same value as the Roman denarius, Lk. 15:8, 9*

Greek-English Concordance for δραχμή

Luke 15:8 “Or what woman, who has ten silver (drachmas | δραχμάς | acc pl fem) coins, should she lose one coin (drachmēn | δραχμήν | acc sg fem), would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search diligently until she finds it?
Luke 15:9 And when she finds it, would she not call together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin (drachmēn | δραχμήν | acc sg fem) that I had lost’?