λεπτός, λεπτή, λεπτόν (λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel), thin; small; τό λεπτόν, a very small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an as (A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.'s Kitto and B. D. under the word; cf. F. R. Conder in the Bible Educator, 3:179): Mar_12:42; Luk_12:59; Luk_21:2; (Alciphron, epistles I, 9 adds κέρμα; Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies νόμισμα).

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*λεπτός , -ή , -όν (λέπω , to peel), 1. peeled . 2. fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk ., as subst . τὸ λ ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV , mite): Mar_12:42 , Luk_12:59 ; Luk_21:2 .†

λεπτόν [page 374] For this coin, the smallest piece of money in circulation (cf. Luk_12:59 ), see OGIS 484 .9 (ii/A.D.) ε ]ἰς τὸν λεπτὸν . . χαλκόν with Dittenberger s note : distinguitur denarius argenteus, quae est moneta imperialis, ab asse aheneo, i.e. moneta provinciali. Haec adiectivo λεπτός significatur. Cf. ib. 485 .12 (Roman) κατασταθεὶς δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς χαράξεως τοῦ λεπτοῦ χαλκοῦ . We may add one or two miscellaneous exx. of the adj. P Petr III. 42 H (8) f .28 (mid. iii/B.C.) ῥάκος λεπτόν , P Lond 1177 .164 (A.D. 113) (= III. p. 185) σχοινίων λεπτῶν , P Giss I. 47 .7 (Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. 326) θῶραξ . . [τ ]ὴν πλοκὴν λεπτότατος , PSI II. 177 .5 (ii/iii A.D.) λεπτὸν γέγον [εν , of a sick child, P Flor II. 127 .14 (A.D. 256) χοιρίδιον . . λεπτόν , of a thin pig, P Oxy VII. 1066 .5 (iii/A.D.) τὴν ῥίνην . . λεπτοτέραν , of a too fine file. For λεπτόν or λεπτίον , a jar, see P Oxy VIII. 1153 .4 (i/A.D.) with the editor s note.

λεπτόν sc. νόμισμα "a very small coin, a mite", NTest.

λεπτός, -ή, -όν (λέπω, to peel), __1. peeled. __2. fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): Mrk.12:42, Luk.12:59 21:2.† (AS)