δραχμή
drachmē · drachma
Greek word · Strong’s number G1406 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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drachmē (δραχμή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “drachma”.
A Greek silver coin, worth about a day's wage.
How to say it
drach·mē
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.
In today's measures
All the measures, coins and hoursIts senses in the Bible
- A Greek silver coin, about a day's wage.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- drachma ×2
- drachmas ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 15:8
Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she loses one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
- Luke 15:9
And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I had lost.’
And 1 more times.