dēnarion · denarius

What it means

dēnarion (δηνάριον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “denarius”.

A Roman silver coin, a day's wage for a worker.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A silver coin: a day's pay for work.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• denarius ×9
• denarii ×7

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Mark×3
• Luke×3
• John×2
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 18:28

  But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him, he was choking him, saying, ‘Pay back whatever you owe!’

• Matthew 20:2

  And after agreeing with the workers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

• Matthew 20:9

  And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, they received a denarius each.

• Matthew 20:10

  And when the first came, they thought that they would receive more; and they also received the denarius each.

• Matthew 20:13

  But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

• Matthew 22:19

  Show me the coin for the tax.” And they brought him a denarius.

• Mark 6:37

  But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they say to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii’ worth of bread and give them it to eat?”

• Mark 12:15

  But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I may see it.”

• Mark 14:5

  For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

• Luke 7:41

  “A certain moneylender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

• Luke 10:35

  And on the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’

• Luke 20:24

  “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” And they answered and said, “Caesar’s.”

• John 6:7

  Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii’ worth of bread is not enough for them, for each to get a little.”

• John 12:5

  “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

• Revelation 6:6

  And I heard something like a voice in the middle of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

And 1 more times.