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ἀσσάριον

assárion · G787 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. assarion, penny

    A Roman copper coin worth 1/16 of a denarius

    Examples

    Matthew 10:29 “Are two sparrows not sold for an assarion? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

    Luke 12:6 “Are five sparrows not sold for two assaria? And yet not one of them has gone unnoticed in the sight of God.

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Near synonyms 3 words
δηνάριον dēnárion · G1220 · denarius
δηνάριον (denarius) is another specific Roman coin denomination that appears in the NT; it was worth approximately 16 assaria and represents a day's wage, whereas ἀσσάριον is a small copper coin of much lesser value. Both are Roman currency terms used in similar economic contexts.
κοδράντης kodrántēs · G2835 · quadrans, penny
κοδράντης (quadrans) is another small Roman copper coin mentioned in the NT, worth approximately 1/4 of an assarius. Both refer to coins of very low value in the Roman monetary system.
λεπτόν leptón · G3016 · lepton, tiny coin
λεπτόν (lepton) is a small Jewish copper coin of minimal value, comparable in its economic insignificance to the ἀσσάριον. Both terms denote coins of very small denomination used in everyday transactions.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Assarion, penny6.77
Used of the small Roman coin, as in Jesus' saying that two sparrows are sold for an assarion in Matthew 10:29 and five for two assaria in Luke 12:6.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσσαρίου, τό, an assarium or assarius, the name of a coin equal to the tenth part of a…
ἀσσαρίου, τό, an assarium or assarius, the name of a coin equal to the tenth part of a drachma (see δηνάριον), (diminutive of the Latinas, rabbinical אִיסָּר) (a penny): Mt 10:29; Lk 12:6. (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.) (Cf. BB. DD. under the word .)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Money and Monetary Units2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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