Half Shekel Shekel

Half Shekel Shekel

1: στατήρ (Strong'S #4715 — Noun Masculine — stater — stat-air' )

a teradrachmon or four drachmae, originally 224 grains, in Tyrian currency, but reduced in weight somewhat by the time recorded in  Matthew 17:24; the value was about three shillings, and would pay the Temple tax for two persons,  Matthew 17:27 , Rv, "shekel" (Av, "a piece of money"); in some mss.,  Matthew 26:16; see Money , Note.

2: δίδραχμον (Strong'S #1323 — Noun Neuter — didrachmon — did'-rakh-mon )

"a half-shekel" (i.e., dis, "twice," drachme, "a drachma," the coin mentioned in  Luke 15:8,9 ), was the amount of the tribute in the 1st cent., A.D., due from every adult Jew for the maintenance of the Temple services,  Matthew 17:24 (twice). This was based on   Exodus 30:13,24 (see also   Exodus 38:24-26;  Leviticus 5:15;  27:3,25;  Numbers 3:47,50;  7:13 ff.;  18:16 ).