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Pieces: 1. of silver. In
(Psalms 68:30) denotes "fragments," and not
properly money. In
(1 Samuel 2:36) (Heb. agorah), properly a
"small sum" as wages, weighed rather than coined.
(Joshua 24:32)
(Heb. kesitah, q.v.), supposed by some to have been a piece of
money bearing the figure of a lamb, but rather simply a certain
amount. (Comp.)
(Genesis 33:19)
(Genesis 45:22) etc. The passage in
(Zechariah 11:12,13) is quoted in
the Gospel
(Matthew 26:15) and from this we know that the word to
be supplied is "shekels." In all these omissions we may thus
warrantably supply this word.
3. The "piece of money" mentioned in
(Matthew 17:27) is a stater=a Hebrew
shekel, or four Greek drachmae; and that in
(Luke 15:8,9; Acts 19:19)
a Greek drachma=a denarius.
