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Coin

λεπτόςStrong’s G3016

leptos

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Leptos is the Greek word usually translated “lepta” and “lepton”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.”
Mark 12:42 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “lepta” and “lepton”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • lepta 2
  • lepton 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

λεπτός leptos · coin

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): Mrk.12:42, Luk.12:59 21:2.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “coin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

COIN, noun

  1. A corner; a jutting point, as of a wall.
  2. A wedge for raising or lowering a piece of ordnance.
  3. A wedge or piece of wood to lay between casks on shipboard.
All definitions and other forms of “coin”

    COIN, noun

    Primarily, the die employed for stamping money. Hence,

    1. Money stamped; a piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, or other metal, converted into money, by impressing on it marks, figures or characters.
    2. In architecture, a kind of die cut diagonally, after the manner of a flight of a stair case, serving at bottom to support columns in a level, and at top to correct the inclination of an entablature supporting a vault.
    3. That which serves for payment.

    COIN, verb transitive

    1. To stamp a metal, and convert it into money; to mint.
    2. To make; as, to coin words.
    3. To make; to forge; to fabricate; in an ill sense; as, to coin a lie; to coin a fable.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.