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Lexicon :: Strong's G3016 - lepton

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λεπτόν
Transliteration
lepton (Key)
Pronunciation
lep-ton'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of a derivative of the same as λεπίς (G3013)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:233,*

Strong’s Definitions

λεπτόν leptón, lep-ton'; neuter of a derivative of the same as G3013; something scaled (light), i.e. a small coin:—mite.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3016 in the following manner: mite (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3016 in the following manner: mite (3x).
  1. thin, small

  2. a small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an "as", worth about a 1/5 of a cent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λεπτόν leptón, lep-ton'; neuter of a derivative of the same as G3013; something scaled (light), i.e. a small coin:—mite.
STRONGS G3016:
λεπτός, λεπτή, λεπτόν (λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel), thin; small; τό λεπτόν, a very small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an as (A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.'s Kitto and B. D. under the word; cf. F. R. Conder in the Bible Educator, 3:179): Mark 12:42; Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2; (Alciphron, epistles I, 9 adds κέρμα; Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies νόμισμα).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
12:42
Luke
12:59; 21:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3016 matches the Greek λεπτόν (lepton),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - in the morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp, that, behold, on the face of the wilderness was a small thing like white coriander seed, as frost upon the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whensoever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:36 - And of these thou shalt beat some small, and thou shalt put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to thee: it shall be to you a most holy incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - And having taken the calf which they made, he consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and [fn]scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel to drink it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - And your sin which ye had made, even the calf, I took, and burnt it with fire, and pounded it and ground it down till it became fine; and it became like dust, and I cast the dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - And he pulled down the altars and the groves, and he cut the idols in small pieces, and cut off all the high places from all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, as small fragments of a pitcher, so that thou shouldest not find among them a sherd, with which thou mightest take up fire, and with which thou shouldest draw a little water.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - And thou shalt pollute the plated idols, and thou shalt grind to powder the gilt ones, and shalt scatter them as the water of a removed woman, and thou shalt thrust them forth as dung.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - (LXX 28:34) He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.
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