- δίδραχμον
- δίδραχμον , ου, τό (τὸ δίδραχμα cod. W; s. MBlack, BRigaux Festschr. ’70, 61f; the adj. δίδραχμος since Thu.; the noun τὸ δ. in Aristot., Ἀθην. πολ. 10, 7; Pollux; Lucian, Dial. Meretr. 7, 2 ἐὰν ὁ σκυτοτόμος αἰτῇ τὸ δίδραχμον; Galen; Cass. Dio 66, 7; IG2 I, 792; PTebt 404, 12; LXX; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 186f; Jos., Ant. 18, 312) a double drachma, two-drachma piece (two δ.=1 stater) monetary unit of the Aegean, Corinthian, Persian, and Ital.-Sic. coinage system; a coin worth two Attic drachmas, but no longer in circulation in NT times; it was about equal to a half shekel (two days’ wage) among the Jews, and was the sum required of each person annually as the temple tax; even though this tax was paid with other coins, the amount was termed a δ. Mt 17:24 (also Mel., P. 86, 649; a διδραχμία as a gift for the temple of the god Suchos: Mitt-Wilck. I/2, 289, 9 [125 B.C.]; BGU 748 [I A.D.].—Schürer II 62–65, 271–72; Mitt-Wilck. I/2, p. 85f; Dssm., LO 229 [LAE 269]). On the pl. in Mt 17:24, s. MBlack, BRigaux Festschr. ’70, 60–62. S. also on ἀργύριον end.—S. SEG XLII, 1822 on economics of cult in the ancient world. IDB III 428. M-M.
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