דַּרְכְּמוֹן
darkmon · drachma
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1871 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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darkmon (דַּרְכְּמוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “drachma”.
A gold coin. It may be another name of the Persian daric.
How to say it
dark·mon
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
a gold coin of about 0.3 oz (8.4 g) approximate
A Persian coin, from the days of Ezra and Nehemiah; sometimes Greek drachmas may be meant.
Its senses in the Bible
- A gold coin.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Ezra 2:69
According to their strength they gave to the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand drachmas of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred tunics of priests.
- Nehemiah 7:70
And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave for the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand drachmas of gold, fifty bowls, five hundred thirty tunics of priests.
- Nehemiah 7:71
And some of the heads of the fathers’ houses gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand drachmas of gold and two thousand two hundred minas of silver.
- Nehemiah 7:72
And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drachmas of gold, and two thousand minas of silver, and sixty-seven tunics of priests.