λεπτός, -7, -dv, (λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel), thin; small; τὸ λεπτόν, a very small brass coin, equiv. to the eighth part of an as, [A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.’s Kitto and B.D.s. v.; ef. #. R. Conder in the Bible Educator, iii. 179]: Mk. xii. 42; Lk. xii. 59; xxi. 2; (Alciphr. epp. 1, 9 adds κέρμα; Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies vopicpa).” Act and Aevis (T Tr (yet see below) WH Aeveis [but Lehm. -is; see et, ¢]), gen. Λευΐ (T Tr WH Aevei), ace. Aeviv (T WH Aecveiv, so Tr exc. in Mk. ii. 14), [B. 21 (19); W. § 10, 1], 6, (Hebr. 9 a joining, fr. my, cf. Gen. xxix. 34), Levi; 1. the third son of the patriarch Jacob by his wife Leah, the founder of the tribe of Israelites which bears his name: Heb. vii. 5,9; [Rev. vii. 7]. 2. the son of Melchi, one of Christ’s ancestors : LK. iii. 24. 3. the son of Simeon, also an ancestor of Christ: Lk. iii. 29. 4. the son of Alpheus, a collector of customs [(A. V. publican)]: Mk. ii. 14 [here WH (rejected) mrg. Ἰάκωβον (see their note ad loc., ef. Weiss in Mey. on Mt. 7te Aufl. p. 2)]; Lk. v. 27, 29; acc. to com. opinion he is the same as Matthew the apostle (Mt. ix. 9); but cf. Grimm in the Theol. Stud. u. Krit. for 1870 p. 727 sqq.; [their identity is denied also by Nicholson on Matt. ix.9; yet see Patritius, De Evangeliis, 1. i.e. i. quaest. 1; Venables in Alex.’s Kitto, s. v. Matthew; Meyer, Com. on Matt., Intr. § 1].

* λεπτός, -ή, -όν

(λέπω, to peel),

peeled.

fine, thin, small, light; hence, in late Gk., as subst. τὸ λ., a small coin (one-eighth of an as, AV, mite): Mk 12:42, Lk 12:59 21:2.†

λεπτόν. For this coin, the smallest piece of money in circulation (cf. Lk 1289), see OG/S 484° (ii/A.D.) elis 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. 7. 48512 (Roman) κατασταθεὶς δὲ kal ἐπὶ τῆς χαράξεως τοῦ λεπτοῦ χαλκοῦ. We may add one or two miscellaneous exx. of the adj.—P Petr IIT. 42 H (8) 7,28 (mid. iii/B.c.) ῥάκος λεπτόν, P Lond 117728 (A.D. 113) (= III. p. 185) σχοινίων λεπτῶν, P Giss I. 477 (Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. 326) θῶραξ.. yéyov[ev, of a sick child, P Flor II. 12714 (a.D. 256) χοιρίδvoy. . λεπτόν, of a thin pig, P Oxy VII. 10668 (iii/A.p. ) τὴν ῥίνην. . λεπτοτέραν, of a too fine file. For λεπτόν or λεπτίον, ‘a jar,” see P Oxy VIII. 1153 (i/a.D.) with the editor’s note.

λεπτός (leptos) — coin. λεπτός, ή, όν, (λέπω) rare in literal sense, peeled, husked, ῥίμφα τε λέπτ᾽ ἐγένοντο, of barley being threshed out, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. fine, small, κονίη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soil, light, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. thin, fine, delicate, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+], mostly of garments and the [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέπλοι, φᾶρος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ῥινὸς βοός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δέρμα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τρίχες [Refs]; σάρξ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπτὰ τὰ πρῴραθεν ἔχειν, of ships, to have the bows thin and weak, [Refs]

4. of the human figure, mostly in bad sense, thin, lean, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; opposed to παχύς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐγὼ δὲ λεπτὴ κἀσθενής [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, slender, taper (opposed to παχύς), δάκτυλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπολήγειν εἰς λεπτόν, of the fingers of a statue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

5. of space, strait, narrow, εἰσίθμη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ λεπτὸν τετάχθαι in a thin line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. generally, small, weak, impotent, λεπτὴ μῆτις [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. ἴχνη faint traces, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. οὖας, of a child's ear, tiny, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ λ. τῶν προβάτων small cattle, i.e. sheep and goats, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. πλοῖα small craft, [Refs]; ἄκραι λ. small headlands, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see below 111.2. adverb -τῶς, ζῆν poorly, meanly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, λεπτὰ λεύσσω κόραις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. light, slight, λεπταῖς ὑπαὶ κώνωπος.. ῥιπαῖσι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λ. πνοαί light breezes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῇσιν on slight turns of fortune, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

8. of size or quantity, λ. πυρίδια small, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, λ. τῖλαι 'pluck into small pieces', [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

9. of liquids, thin, γάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. οἶνος light wine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also of food, λ. δίαιται [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -τῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι, διαιτᾶν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

10. ={λεπτομερής}, consisting of fine parts, ὅσῳ -ότερον ἀὴρ ὕδατος [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically, subtle, refined, νοῦς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; - ότατοι λῆροι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare λεπτολόγος. adverb - τῶς, μεριμνᾶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]: comparative -οτέρως [Refs 4th c.BC+]in detail, [Refs 5th c.BC+] see at {νιφετός}; compare κατάλεπτον, καταλεπτολογέω: τὰ κατὰ λεπτόν, title of poems by Aratus, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; also of minor poems of Virgil; τῶν κατὰ λεπτὸν πόρων ἀραίωσις, perhaps small pores, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. rarely of the voice, fine, delicate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter as adverb, λεπτὸν ἀμφιτιττυβίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of sound, λ. ὑποτρύζουσα [Refs 6th c.AD+]; compare λεπταλέος.

II.3. of smell, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. of persons, οἱ λ. the poor, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; λεπτὴν πλέκειν, proverbial of poor people, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

III. substantive λεπτόν (i.e. ἔντερον), τό, the small intestine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. (i.e. νόμισμα) a very small coin, [NT], Phot. see at {ὀβολός}; compare#1.6.

III.3. (i.e. κεράμιον) jar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare λεπτίον, λεπτοκεραμεύς.

III.4. Astron. (i.e. ἑξηκοστόν), division of a degree, πρῶτα λεπτά, = minutes, δεύτερα λ., = seconds, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; λεπτά alone, = minutes, [Refs 1st c.AD+]