Didrachm
Didrachm
(Greek , Lat. didrachma double drachma, tribute, Mat 17:24), a silver coin equal to two Attic drachmae, and also to the Jewish half shekel (Joseph. Ant. 3, 8, 2). It was therefore equivalent to about Isaiah 4 d. sterling, or 30 cents. SEE DRAM; SEE STATER.
By the law every Jew was required to pay half a shekel to the Temple (Exo 30:13 sq.), and this amount is represented by the didrachma in Mat 17:24, where it is used for the tribute-money demanded of Christ (compare Josephus, Ant. 18:9, 1). The Septuagint everywhere renders the shekel of the Old Testament by didrachma; but a the Attic drachma was equal to only half a shekel, it seems from this probable that the drachma of Alexandria was equal to two Attic drachmae, or one of Egina. See Frentz, De didrachmis a Christo solutis (Vitebh 1737); Schmidt, id. (Argent. 1701; Lips. 1757; also in his Dispp. p. 796-863); Leisner, Illustratio loci Matthew (Fridericopol. 1794); Paulus, Erwerbungsmittel des Stater (in his Theol. Journ. 1795, p. 859-73, 931-45). SEE TRIBUTE.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Didrachm
DIDRACHM.See Money.