Darkemon דַּרְכְּמוֹן
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| דַּרְכְּמוֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | darkemon |
| Strong's number | H1871 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | drachma |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Nehemiah (3) |
Darkemon (Hebrew דַּרְכְּמוֹן, Strong's H1871) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “drachma”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) daric, drachma, dram, unit of measure
1a) a gold coin current in Palestine in the period after the return from Babylon; 128 grains (8.32 grams) of gold and 128 grains of silver
1a) a gold coin current in Palestine in the period after the return from Babylon; 128 grains (8.32 grams) of gold and 128 grains of silver
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | drams (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | darics (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Darkemon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 2:69They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:70And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
- Nehemiah 7:71And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
- Nehemiah 7:72And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).