3016. leptos
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leptos: peeled, fine, thin, small, light
Original Word: λεπτόν, οῦ, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: leptos
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ton')
Short Definition: a small piece of money
Definition: a small piece of money, probably the smallest piece of money.

HELPS word-Studies

3016 leptón – a copper or bronze coin worth 1/A of a denarius, i.e. of very little value.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as lepis
Definition
peeled, fine, thin, small, light
NASB Translation
cent (1), small copper coins (2).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 3016: λεπτός

λεπτός, λεπτή, λεπτόν (λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel), thin; small; τό λεπτόν, a very small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an as (A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.'s Kitto and B. D. under the word; cf. F. R. Conder in the Bible Educator, 3:179): Mark 12:42; Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2; (Alciphron, epistles I, 9 adds κέρμα; Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies νόμισμα).



Strong's
mite.

Neuter of a derivative of the same as lepis; something scaled (light), i.e. A small coin -- mite.

see GREEK lepis

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