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Strong's #3016 - λεπτόν
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- thin, small
- a small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an "as", worth about a 1/5 of a cent
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λεπτοὶν
Neuter of a derivative of the same as G3013
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).
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*λεπτός , -ή , -όν
(λέπω , to peel),
1. peeled.
2. fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): Mark 12:42, Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2.†
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For this coin, the smallest piece of money in circulation (cf. Luke 12:59), see OGIS 484.9 (ii/A.D.) ε ]ἰς τὸν λεπτὸν. . χαλκόν with Dittenberger’s note : ";distinguitur denarius argenteus, quae est moneta imperialis, ab asse aheneo, i.e. moneta provinciali. Haec adiectivo λεπτός significatur."; Cf. ib. 485.12 (Roman) κατασταθεὶς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς χαράξεως τοῦ λεπτοῦ χαλκοῦ. We may add one or two miscellaneous exx. of the adj.—P Petr III. 42 H (8)f.28 (mid. iii/B.C.) ῥάκος λεπτόν, P Lond 1177.164 (A.D. 113) (= III. p. 185) σχοινίων λεπτῶν, P Giss I. 47.7 (Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. 326) θῶραξ. . [τ ]ὴν πλοκὴν λεπτότατος, PSI II. 177.5 (ii/iii A.D.) λεπτὸν γέγον [εν, of a sick child, P Flor II. 127.14 (A.D. 256) χοιρίδιον. . λεπτόν, of a thin pig, P Oxy VII. 1066.5 (iii/A.D.) τὴν ῥίνην. . λεπτοτέραν, of a too fine file. For λεπτόν or λεπτίον, ";a jar,"; see P Oxy VIII. 1153.4 (i/A.D.) with the editor’s note.
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