noun · neuter

didrachmem

Greekδίδραχμον (didrachmon)

Strong’sG1323

a double-drachma, two drachmae

stem didrachm-2 times in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

temple tax2×

What it means

† 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).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1323 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddid'-rakh-mon

a double drachma (didrachm)

Fromfrom G1364 and G1406;

King Jamestribute.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	didrachmem	didrachmeim
of, belonging to genitive	didrachmeu	didrachmeiu
to, for dative	didrachme	didrachmei

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

didrachmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

didrachme 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

didrachmeim2×

Matthew 17:24“temple tax”Ercharatoiu de autoiu eis Kafarnaoum proserchala tois teim didrachmeim lambarōtois to Petro kai legala; Tos didaskalos vu ouk telatō teim didrachmeim?After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”

Matthew 17:24“temple tax”Ercharatoiu de autoiu eis Kafarnaoum proserchala tois teim didrachmeim lambarōtois to Petro kai legala; Tos didaskalos vu ouk telatō teim didrachmeim?After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”