Definition

a drachma or (silver) coin (as handled)

Etymology

from G1405 (δράσσομαι);

Word family

• δράσσομαι drássomai

How the KJV renders it

• piece (of silver)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.