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Strong's #2772 - κέρμα
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- small pieces of money, small coin, change, money
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κέρμα, ατος, τό, (κείρω)
1. fragment, κέρματα θηρείων μελέων dub.l. in Emp. 101.1; τὰ κ. τοῦ ἡνωμένου ἡνωμένα Dam. Pr. 107, cf. Suid.; but mostly,
2. coin, ἐγκάψας τὸ κ. εἰς τὴν γνάθον Alex. 128.7; μικροῦ πρίασθαι κ. τὴν ἡδονήν Eub. 67.7, cf. Amphis 5, Antiph. 131; collectively, cash, Theopomp.Com. 30, Arr. Epict. 2.10.14, al., Cat.Cod. Astr. 7.244; esp. of copper money, opp. silver (ἀργύριον), PGen. 77.5 (ii/iii A.D.): freq. in pl., μικρὰ κ. Ar. Av. 1108, cf. Pl. 379, Eub. 84.1; διδοὺς κέρματα Test. ap. D. 21.107, cf. Theopomp.Hist. 89a, UPZ 81 iv 20, 145 xi 71 (ii B.C.), Alciphr. 1.2, AP 5.44 (Cillactor).
κέρμα, κερματος, τό (κείρω to cut into bits), small pieces of money, small coin, change; generally and collectively, τό κέρμα money: John 2:15, where L marginal reading Tr WH τά κερματα; (Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Josephus, others). Cf. the full exhibition of the use of the word given by Fischer, De vitiis lexicorum N. T. etc., p. 264ff
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* κέρμα , -τος , τό
(< κείρω ),
1. a slice, hence,
2. a small coin: pl., John 2:15.†
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κέρμα is frequently used of ";small money,"; ";change,"; as in John 2:15, e.g. PSI V. 512.13 (B.C. 253–2) ἐμοὶ δὲ οὔπω παράκιται κ ̣[έ ]ρμα ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴνου, P Ryl II. 127.32 (A.D. 29) ζώνη ἐν ᾗ κέρματ (ος) (δραχμαί) δ ̄, ";a belt in which were 4 drachmae in copper"; (Edd.), P Oxy I. 114.14 (ii/iii A.D.) ἐὰν μὴ ἀρκεσθῇ τὸ κέρμα. . . πώλησον τὰ ψέλια εἰς συμρωπλήρωσιν (l. συμπλήρωσιν) τοῦ κὲρματος, ";if the cash is insufficient, sell the bracelets to make up the money"; (Edd.), ib. IX. 1220.7 (iii/A.D.) πέμψε μοι κέρμα, P Meyer 23.5 (not before end of iv/AD.) ποίησον τὸν ἀδελφόν μου ἑτοιμάσαι τὸ κέρμα αὐτοῦ ἕως ἔλθω. In P Gen I. 77.5 (ii/iii A.D.) a distinction is drawn between ";silver"; and ";copper"; money—ἀργυρίου δραχμαὶ διακόσιαι τεσσαράκοντα τέσσαρες, κέρματος δραχμαὶ πεντήκοντα δύο. For the dim. κερμάτιον see P Hib I. 45.8 (B.C. 257) εἴ τι κερμάτιον λελογεύκατε, φέρετε εὐθέως, ";if you have collected any money, bring it at once"; (Edd.), P Oxy III. 533.16 (ii/iii A.D.) εἴπατε καὶ τοῖς διδύμοις ὅτι προνοήσ [α ]τε τοῦ κερματίου, ";tell the twins also to be careful about the small change"; (Edd.).
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