Word Summary
kodrantēs: quadrans, one-fourth of an as (a Roman monetary unit)
Original Word: κοδράντηςTransliteration: kodrantēs
Phonetic Spelling: (kod-ran'-tace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: quadrans, one-fourth of an as (a Roman monetary unit)
Meaning: quadrans, one-fourth of an as (a Roman monetary unit)
Strong's Concordance
farthing.
Of Latin origin; a quadrans, i.e. The fourth part of an as -- farthing.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2835: κοδράντηςκοδράντης,
κοδραντου (
Buttmann, 17 (16)),
ὁ; a Latin word, quadrans (i. e. the fourth part of an as); in the N. T. a coin equal to one half the Attic chalcus or to two
λεπτά (see
λεπτόν):
Mark 12:42;
Matthew 5:26. The word is fully discussed by Fischer, De vitiis lexamples N. T., p. 447ff (
A. V. farthing; see
BB. DD. under the word.)