Quick Definition
δίδραχμον, ου, τό n.n. a double-drachma, two drachmae
Strong's Definition
from 1364 and 1406; a double drachma (didrachm)
KJV Usage: tribute
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | δύο + δραχμή | δράσσομαι
57.181 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Tax, Tribute
two-drachma piece, temple tax the tax required of every male Jew from the age of twenty onward; to support the temple The two-drachma coin referred to in MAT 17:24 was approximately equivalent to two denarii. The meaning of δίδραχμον is treated here in Domain 57 rather than in Domain 6 (where the value of other coins is discussed) since the focus of the meaning of δίδραχμον is the required Temple tax rather than the value or form of the coin itself.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δίδραχμον didrachmon 2x
a didrachmon or double drachma, a silver coin equal to the drachma of Alexandria, to two Attic drachmas, to two Roman denarii, and to the half-shekel of the Jews, Mt. 17:24 (2x)*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† δίδραχμος, -ον
(< δίς, δραχμή),
worth two drachmae; τὸ δ. (sc. νόμισμα, coin),
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶל (Ge 23:15, a1.), also for כֶּסֶף: Ge 20:16, De 22:29 ;]
a double drachma, nearly equal to the Jewish half-shekel, the amount of the Temple tax: Mt 17:24 (DB, iii, 428).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δίδραχμον. With the Jewish Temple tax of τὸ δίδραχμον (Mt 1774) may be compared a tax for a similar amount for the temple of Suchus: cf. e.g. the receipt for this tax in P Tebt II. 281 (B.c. 125) and BGU III. 748-5 (a.p. 48) where it is paid upon a sale of house property—8.ayéypad(as) τὴν διδραχμία(ν) τοῦ Σούχου θεοῦ μεγάλο(υ) μεγάλο(υ) ἧς ἐώνησαι oiki(as) κτλ. See further Wilcken Os¢r. i. p. 360, Otto Priester i. p. 356f., ii. p. 334. Can we recognize it in P Tebt IT. 404" (late iii/A.p.) Adyos τῶν διδράχμων στατῆρες Ef, “Son account of the didrachms 67 staters”’ (Edd.)? If so, it is a very close parallel to τὰ δίδραχμα in Mt Zc., with the same use of the article and absence of further definition. In P Amh 11. 507° (8.6. ro6—a loan of money) provision is made for tod ὑπερπεσόντος χρόνου τόκους διδράχμους THs μνᾶς Tov μῆνα ἕκαστον, “the overtime interest at the rate of two drachmae on the mina each month”’ (Edd., who remark that this is 24 % a year, ‘‘the ordinary rate required upon loans not paid back at the specified date’’). or δίδραγμον in late MSS. of the LXX, see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 103.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δίδραχμος (didrachmos) — two-drachma. δῐδραχμ-ος, ον, priced at two drachms, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. ὁπλῖται soldiers with pay of two drachms a day, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. weighing two drachms, ὁλκή [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. δ. τόκος interest at two drachms per mina per month (24%), [Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV. δίδραχμον, τό, coin of two drachms, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: especially half-shekel, paid to the temple-treasury at Jerusalem, [LXX+NT]