Coin
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) That which serves for payment or recompense.
(2): (v. t.) To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.
(3): (v. t.) To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.
(4): (v. t.) To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
(5): (v. i.) To manufacture counterfeit money.
(6): (n.) A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.
(7): (n.) A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; - much used in a collective sense.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Genesis 23:16 Exodus 38:24 2 Samuel 18:12 Genesis 20:16 1 Chronicles 21:25 2 Kings 5:5 Job 42:11 Genesis 33:19 Kesitah Joshua 24:32
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Before the Babylonian exile (see Deyling, Observ. 3. 222 sq., also in Ugolini Thesaur. 28) the Hebrews had and knew no regularly stamped money, but generally made use of a currency in traffic consisting of uncoined shekels (or talents) of silver, which they weighed out to one another ( Genesis 23:16; Exodus 22:17; 2 Samuel 18:12; 1 Kings 20:39; Jeremiah 32:9 sq.; comp. Pliny, 33:13), just as among other nations in most ancient times uncoined metal served for money ( A Elian, Var. Hist. 12:10; Strabo, 3. 155), and even to this day the Chinese make their commercial transactions by means of silver bars (Rosenm Ü ller, Morgenl . 1:98; see Sperling, De Nummis Non Cusis , in Ugolini Thesaur. 28). Among the earliest Hebrews, but not afterwards (Crusius, De origin ib. pecunioe a pecore ante nummum sign. Petropol. 1748), an ox or other animal (comp. Pliny; 33:3) was traded instead of cash (see Michaelis, De siclo ante ex'l. Babyl. in the Comment. Soc. Gott. 2:1752, § 1). Yet already in the time of Abraham there circulated in hither Asia, as it seems, silver ingots ( קְשַׁיטָה , Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32; see Gesenius, Thes. Heb. p. 1241; Bertheau, p. 24; Tuch, Gen . p. 399, 472) of a determined weight, which was probably indicated by marks ( Genesis 23:16; Genesis 43:21) stamped upon them (so the Targum of Jonathan explains the former passage by פרקמטיא , i.e. Πραγματεία ). (See Kesitah). Even under the regularly organized Hebrew state small silverpieces (comp, Ἀργύρια , silverling) may have passed in exchange (as among their Phoenician neighbors; but see Herod. 1:94; Philostr. Her. 10:1), although destitute of national authority (see 1 Samuel 9:8; comp. Exodus 30:13; Leviticus 27:3 sq.; Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Coin'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/coin.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
