adjective

leptem

Greekλεπτόν (lepton)

Strong’sG3016

a small piece of money

stem lept-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

small copper coins2×penny1×

What it means

* 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): Mk 12:42, Lk 12:59 21:2.†

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

Strong’s G3016 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlep-ton'

something scaled (light), i.e. a small coin

Fromneuter of a derivative of the same as G3013;

King Jamesmite.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	leptos	leptas	leptem1×λεπτὸν	leptois	leptais	lepteim2×λεπτὰ
object accusative	lepton	leptan		leptoin	leptain
direct address vocative	leptor	leptar		leptoir	leptair
of, belonging to genitive	leptou	leptau	lepteu	leptoiu	leptaiu	lepteiu
to, for dative	lepto	lepta	lepte	leptoi	leptai	leptei

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

leptstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

lept 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

leptem“penny”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Luke 12:59“penny”legamō si, ouk mē exerchaseia ekeithen heōs kai tem eschatem leptem apodōaseia.I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

lepteim“small copper coins”subject or objectdirect plural2×

Mark 12:42“small copper coins”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.

Luke 21:2“small copper coins”horata de tinan chēran penichran ballarōtan ekei lepteim duo,and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.