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== | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72197" /> == | ||
1 Chronicles 29: | <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> 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> | <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" /> == | |||
<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" /> == | |||
1 Chronicles 29:7Ezra 2:698:27Nehemiah 7:70-72 | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39687" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39687" /> == | ||
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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, § <strong> 3 </strong> . </p> | <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" /> == | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="term_72197"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_35082"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_35082"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_107694"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/daric Daric from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31145"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_39687"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_39687"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_50603"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/daric Daric from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | <ref name="term_50603"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/daric Daric from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_3030"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/daric Daric from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_3030"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/daric Daric from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
