1. denarius (Roman silver coin) — A Roman silver coin worth approximately one day's wages for a common laborer, used as both a unit of currency and a measure of economic value in NT narratives and parables. The singular and plural forms represent the same monetary referent with no semantic distinction. Multilingual glosses consistently transliterate or directly borrow the term: Spanish 'denario/denarios,' Arabic 'دينار/دِينَار' (dinar, a cognate loanword), Hindi 'दीनार' (dinar), Korean '데나리온' (denarion, transliteration), Swahili 'dinari' (dinar). Occurrences include the parable of the workers paid a denarius (Matt 20:2, 9-10, 13), the tribute coin shown to Jesus (Matt 22:19; Mark 12:15), the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matt 18:28), the cost of feeding the 5,000 (Mark 6:37; John 6:7), and the anointing at Bethany (Mark 14:5; John 12:5). 16×
AR["اثْنَيْنِ","بِدينارٍ","دينارًا","دينارٍ","دِينَارٍ","عَلى-دينارٍ"]·ben["এক-দীনারে,","এক-দীনারে;","দিনার","দীনার","দীনারে","দীনারের","দীনারের-জন্য","দেনারি"]·DE["Denar"]·EN["a-denarius","denarii","for-a-denarius","of-denarii","of-dēnarioi"]·FR["denier"]·heb["בְּ-דִּינָר","דִּינָר","דִּינָרִים","דִּנָרִים","לְ-דִּינָר","לוֹ"]·HI["कहते-हैं","दिनअर","दिनअर-पर","दीनार","दीनार-की,","दीनार-को,","दीनार-को;","दीनारों","दीनारों-में"]·ID["denarius","dinar","satu-dinar","satu-dinar,","satu-dinar;"]·IT["denaro","dēnariou"]·jav["dinar","dinar,","dinar:","sedinari"]·KO["데나리온","데나리온-에","데나리온에","데나리온을","데나리온의","데나리움"]·PT["denário","denários","por-um-denário","um-denário","um-denário."]·RU["денариев","динариев","динарий","динарий.","динарию","динарию.","динария","за-динарий","за-динарий,","за-динарий;"]·ES["-denarios","de-denarios","denario","denarios","por-un-denario","un-denario"]·SW["denari","dinari","kunipatanisha","kwa-dinari,","kwa-dinari;","mbili","mia","na","pia"]·TR["arpanın","bir","bir-dinar","dinar","dinara","dinarların","dinarlık"]·urd["دینار","دینار-میں","دینار-پر","دینار-کی","دیناروں"]
Matt 18:28, Matt 20:2, Matt 20:9, Matt 20:10, Matt 20:13, Matt 22:19, Mark 6:37, Mark 12:15, Mark 14:5, Luke 7:41, Luke 10:35, Luke 20:24 (+4 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
δηνάριον, τό, = Latin denarius (usually represented by δραχμή (which see)), Refs 2nd c.AD+; = one tetradrachm, Refs 4th c.AD+