Strong's Concordance
leptos: peeled, fine, thin, small, light
Original Word: λεπτόν, οῦ, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: leptos
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ton')
Short Definition: a small piece of money
Definition: a small piece of money, probably the smallest piece of money.
HELPS Word-studies
3016 leptón – a copper or bronze coin worth 1/A of a denarius, i.e. of very little value.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3016: λεπτόςλεπτός,
λεπτή,
λεπτόν (
λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel),
thin; small;
τό λεπτόν,
a very small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an as (
A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.'s Kitto and
B. D. under the word; cf. F. R. Conder in the
Bible Educator, 3:179):
Mark 12:42;
Luke 12:59;
Luke 21:2; (
Alciphron, epistles I, 9 adds
κέρμα;
Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies
νόμισμα).
