noun · masculine
kodrantos
Greekκοδράντης (kodrantēs)
Strong’sG2835
the smallest Roman copper coin
stem kodrant-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† κοδράντης, -ου, ὁ (Lat. quadrans, the fourth part of an as),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2835 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkod-ran'-tace
a quadrans, i.e. the fourth part of an as
Fromof Latin origin;
King Jamesfarthing.
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 nominative | kodrantos1×κοδράντης | kodrantois |
| object accusative | kodranton1×κοδράντην | kodrantoin |
| direct address vocative | kodrantor | kodrantoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kodrantou | kodrantoiu |
| to, for dative | kodranto | kodrantoi |
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
kodranto 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
kodrantos“penny”subjectnominative singular1×
Mark 12:42“penny”kai ercharatas henas chēras ptōchas ballata lepteim duo, hem atō kodrantos.Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
kodranton“penny”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 5:26“penny”amēn legamō si, ouk mē exerchaseia ekeithen heōs an apodōaseia ton eschaton kodranton.Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.