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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

primariy denotes "that which is thrown over, a cover" (epi, "over," ballo, "to throw"); then, "that which is put on, or sewed on, to cover a rent, a patch," Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21; in the next sentence, RV, "that which should fill" (AV, "the new piece that filled"), there is no word representing "piece" (lit., "the filling," pleroma); see FILL , B: Luke 5:36 .

a drachma, firstly, "an Attic weight," as much as one can hold in the hand (connected with drassomai, "to grasp with the hand, lay hold of," 1 Corinthians 3:19 ), then, "a coin," nearly equal to the Roman denarius (see PENNY), is translated "pieces of silver" in Luke 15:8,1 st part; "piece," 2nd part and Luke 15:9 .

"a part," is translated "a piece (of a broiled fish)" in Luke 24:42 . See BEHALF , PART.

"a broken piece" (from klao, "to break") is used of the broken pieces from the feeding of the multitudes, RV, "broken pieces," AV, "fragments," Matthew 14:20; Mark 6:43; 8:19,20; Luke 9:17; John 6:12,13; in Matthew 15:37; Mark 8:8 , RV, "broken pieces" (AV, "broken meat").

which frequently denotes "money," also represents "a silver coin," of the value of a shekel or tetradrachmon (four times the drachme, see No. 2); it is used in the plural in Matthew 26:15; 27:3-9 . In Acts 19:19 , "fifty thousand of silver" is, lit., "fifty thousand of silver" (probably drachmas). See MONEY , SILVER.

Notes: (1) In Acts 27:44 , for AV, "broken pieces," the RV translates epi ("on") tinon ("certain things") ton ("the," i.e., "those namely") by "on other things;" there is no word in the original representing "pieces." (2) For the phrase "to break to (in) pieces," Matthew 21:44 , RV, and Mark 5:4 , see BREAK , A, Nos. 10 and 5 respectively. (3) In Luke 14:18 , AV, agros, "a field" (RV), is translated "a piece of ground." (4) In Matthew 17:27 , AV, stater, "a shekel" (RV), a tetradrachmon (see No. 5, above), is translated "a piece of money."