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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72197" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72197" /> == | ||
<p> '''Daric.''' ''('' From [[Dara]] , '' | <p> '''Daric.''' ''('' From [[Dara]] , ''A King).'' Authorized Version, "dram," 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:69; Ezra 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70-72. A gold coin current in Palestine, in the period after the return from Babylon. It weighed 128 grains, and was worth about five dollars. </p> <p> At these times, there was no large issue of gold money except by the [[Persian]] kings. The darics which have been discovered are thick pieces of pure gold, of archaic style, bearing on the obverse the figure of a king with bow and javelin or bow and dagger, and on the reverse an irregular incuse square. The silver daric was worth about fifty cents. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35082" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35082" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A gold coin current in [[Palestine]] after the return from Babylon. The Persian kings issued it; the obverse having the king with bow and javelin or dagger, the reverse a square; 128 grains troy. Ezra 2:69; Ezra 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70-72; 1 Chronicles 29:7, "drams" KJV. Derived from [[Darius]] the Mede, or else dara , "a king", the regal coin (compare our "crown".) The Greek drachma , our dram, is related. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_107694" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_107694" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) Any very pure gold coin. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31145" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31145" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50603" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50603" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Daric]] </strong> See Money, | <p> <strong> [[Daric]] </strong> See Money, § <strong> 3 </strong> . </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3030" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3030" /> == | ||
<p> '''''dar´ik''''' ( דּרכּמון , <i> '''''darkemōn''''' </i> , and אדרכּון , <i> ''''''adharkōn''''' </i> ; δαρεικός , <i> '''''dareikós''''' </i> ): | <p> '''''dar´ik''''' ( דּרכּמון , <i> '''''darkemōn''''' </i> , and אדרכּון , <i> ''''''adharkōn''''' </i> ; δαρεικός , <i> '''''dareikós''''' </i> ): A P ersian gold coin about a guinea or five dollars in value. The first form of the word occurs in 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:69 , and Nehemiah 7:70-72; the second in Ezra 8:27 and is rendered, "dram" in the King James Version and "daric" in the Revised Version (British and American). In the passage in Chronicles, it must refer to a weight, since at the time of David there were no coins, but in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah the Persian darics were current. See [[Money]] . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_36573" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_36573" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71778" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71778" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A gold coin current in ancient Persia, stamped with an archer kneeling, and weighing little over a sovereign. </p> | ||
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