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DIDRACHMA

(Gk. dídrachmon)

A silver coin weighing ca. 7.27 grams, equal to two Greek drachmaí or approximately two Roman denarii. In the LXX Gk. dídrachmon appears as the normal translation for Heb. šeqel, but in the time of Jesus the didrachma was worth a half-shekel. The half-shekel temple tax (Exod. 30:11-16; cf. Josephus Ant. 3.193-196) thus amounted to a didrachma. In Matt. 17:24-27 the temple tax collectors appear as “those who receive the didrachma.”

Carl Bridges






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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