Smith's Bible Dictionary
Dram[DARIC]
ATS Bible Dictionary
DramEzra 2:69, a gold coin of Persia, worth about five dollars.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DRACHMA; DRAMdrak'-ma, (drachme): The word is used in the Septuagint as the rendering of beqa`, "half-shekel," which must refer to the light standard for the shekel, as its weight was about 62 grains. In the New Testament the word occurs only in Luke 15:8, 9, where it is rendered "a piece of silver" (m "drachma"). It was commonly taken as equivalent to the Roman denarius, though not strictly so.
DRAM
See DRACHMA; MONEY.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The Authorized Version understood the word `adarkonim (
1 Chronicles 29:7;
Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (
Ezra 2:69;
Nehemiah 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma. But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian empire. (see
DARIC.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.
2. (n.) A minute quantity; a mite.
3. (n.) As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison.
4. (n.) A Persian daric.
5. (v. i. & t.) To drink drams; to ply with drams.
Strong's Hebrew
150. adarkon -- a drachma... Word Origin of foreign origin Definition a drachma NASB Word Usage darics (2).
dram.
Of Persian origin; a daric or Persian coin --
dram. << 149, 150.
... /hebrew/150.htm - 5k 1871. darkemon -- (a unit of value), perhaps a drachma
... Usage drachmas (4). dram. Of Pers. Origin; a "drachma," or coin -- dram. <<
1870, 1871. darkemon or adarkon. 1872 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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