noun · neuter
dēnariem
Strong’sG1220
a denarius
stem dēnari-16 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
δηνάριον refers to the denarius, a Roman coin 1234. It was roughly equal in value to the Greek drachma 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
*† δηνάριον, -ου, τό
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1220 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidday-nar'-ee-on
a denarius (or ten asses)
Fromof Latin origin;
King Jamespence, penny(-worth).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
= Latin denarius (usually represented by δραχμή (which see)), Refs 2nd c.AD+; = one tetradrachm, Refs 4th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | dēnariem | dēnarieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | dēnarieu4×δηναρίου | dēnarieiu4×δηναρίων |
| to, for dative | dēnarie | dēnariei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
dēnarie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
dēnarieu“denarius”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Matthew 20:2sumfōnarantos de meta toiu ergatoiu ek dēnarieu tan hēmeran apostelata autoin eis ton …He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them …
Matthew 20:13… legata; Hetairor, ouk adikamō sin; ouchi dēnarieu sumfōnasa mi?… not agree with me on one denarius?
Revelation 6:6… teiu tessares zōeiu legarōntan; Choinixas sitou dēnarieu, kai treis choinixais krithaiu dēnarieu; kai …… A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for …
Revelation 6:6… sitou dēnarieu, kai treis choinixais krithaiu dēnarieu; kai tem elaiem kai ton oinon …… three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil …
dēnarieiu“denarii”of, belonging togenitive plural4×
Mark 6:37… esthiara. kai legalō auto; Apercharantois agorazaneia dēnarieiu diakosioi artoin kai dōani autoi esthiara?… go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread …
Mark 14:5… gar houtem tem murem pipraskira epanō dēnarieiu triakosioi kai dōira toi ptōchoi; kai …… been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the …
John 6:7apokrinita auto Filippos; Diakosioi dēnarieiu artois ouk arkalō autoi hina hekastos …Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for …
John 12:5… houtem tem murem ouk pipraskita triakosioi dēnarieiu kai dōita ptōchoi?… this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the …
dēnariem5×
Matthew 20:9… peri tan hendekatan hōran labala ana dēnariem.… hour came and each received a denarius.
Matthew 20:10… polloterem labeli; kai labala tem ana dēnariem kai autois.… each of them also received a denarius.
Matthew 22:19… tou kēnsou. tois de prosferala auto dēnariem.… tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
Mark 12:15… autoi; Tinem min peirazavō? feravōr mi dēnariem hina horameia.… you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
Luke 20:24Deikavar mi dēnariem; tinou echatō eikonan kai epigrafan? apokrinirantois …“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on …
dēnarieim3×
Matthew 18:28… sundouloiu autou hos ofeilate auto hekaton dēnarieim, kai kratarantos auton pnigate legarōntos; Apodōasar …… servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to …
Luke 7:41… ale danisto tino; tos henos ofeilate dēnarieim pentakosioi, tos de heteros pentēkonta.… moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
Luke 10:35kai epi tan aurion ekbalarantos duo dēnarieim dōata to pandochevo kai legata; Epimelisar …… next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper …