Topic
Dram
5 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- 1 Chronicles 29:7Easton · Nave A Persian coin of differently-estimated value
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
- Ezra 2:69Easton · Nave A Persian coin of differently-estimated value
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
- Ezra 8:27Easton · Nave A Persian coin of differently-estimated value
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
- Nehemiah 7:70Easton
¶ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
- Nehemiah 7:70–72Nave A Persian coin of differently-estimated value
¶ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments. And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty…
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
The Authorized Version understood the word ‘adarkonim (1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma. But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian empire. (See DARIC.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 4 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Also called DRACHM
- → A Persian coin of differently-estimated value 1Ch 29:7; Ezr 2:69; 8:27; Ne 7:70-72
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.