Piece of Money
Piece Of Money
SEE KESITAH; SEE STATER.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Piece of Money
Two words are thus rendered in the King James Version (, kestah; , stater). the Revised Version (British and American) gives only the first this rendering (Job 42:11). It is supposed to be from Arabic kassat, to divide equally by weight, and hence, something weighed; a piece of silver weighed for money, and perhaps stamped with its weight. The stater is the well-known Greek weight and coin (Mat 17:27 the King James Version, margin, stater, the Revised Version (British and American) shekel). In gold it was equal to about a guinea or five dollars, but in silver only to about 66 cents (in 1915).