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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35082" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35082" /> == | ||
<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 | <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" /> == | ||
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== 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> ): 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> | <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" /> == | ||
