UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: δίδραχμον; -ου

Constructions: δίδραχμον; δύο; δραχμή

Related lemmas: δράσσομαι

Sense 1: two-drachma piece, temple tax

Semantic entry: 57.181

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Tax, Tribute

Definition: the tax required of every male Jew from the age of twenty onward; to support the temple

Notes: The two-drachma coin referred to in OET MAT 17:24 was approximately equivalent to two denarii. The meaning of δίδραχμον is treated here in Domain 57 rather than in Domain 6 (where the value of other coins is discussed) since the focus of the meaning of δίδραχμον is the required Temple tax rather than the value or form of the coin itself.

Further resources: realia:11.6.2.7

Show passage in OET: MAT 17:24

OET-RV MAT 17:24

24 Then when they got to Kafarnaoum (Capernaum), the tax-collectors collecting the poll tax approached Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) and asked him, “Isn’t your teacher going to pay the tax?”

OET-LV MAT 17:24

24 And them having _come to Kafarnaʼoum, the ones receiving the two _drachmas approached to_ the _Petros and said:
The teacher of _you _all is_ not _paying the two _drachmas?

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δίδραχμον

Form 1

Sense 1: two-drachma piece, temple tax