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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)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
9x in 3 unique form(s)
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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:14 - And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:36 - You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you. It shall be most holy for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - He took the calf that they had made and burned it with fire and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the people of Israel drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - Then I took the sinful thing, the calf that you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. And I threw the dust of it into the brook that ran down from the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:7 - he broke down the altars and beat the Asherim and the images into powder and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - and its breaking is like that of a potter’s vessel
that is smashed so ruthlessly
that among its fragments not a shard is found
with which to take fire from the hearth,
or to dip up water out of the cistern.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me;
he has crushed me;
he has made me an empty vessel;
he has swallowed me like a monster;
he has filled his stomach with my delicacies;
he has rinsed me out.[fn]
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