ʼădarkôn — H150

Definition

masculine noun

a daric or Persian coin

1. drachma, dram, daric-unit of weight and value (of gold, money) equal to 128 grains or 4.32 grams

Usually translated as

dram

Origin

of Persian origin

Greek equivalents

• drachmḗ (G1406)

Occurrences

ʼădarkôn occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1)

• 1 Chronicles 29:7 — And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams (וַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֣ים), and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
• Ezra 8:27 — Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams (לַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֖ים); and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.