Greek noun (neuter) · G1220
δηνάριον
denarionday-nar'-ee-on
denarius
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: dēnárion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1220is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1220
a denarius (or ten asses)
The King James renders it: pence, penny(-worth).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
denarion is rendered "denarius". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Six of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:28But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
Matthew 18:28δηνάρια
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's sixteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a denarius6
- denarii6
- for a denarius3
- denarii worth1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- δηνάριον5
- δηναρίου4
- δηναρίων4
- δηνάρια3
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular5N-ASN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural4N-GPN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular4N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural3N-APN
Matthew
six uses
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
- δηνάριαdenarianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: denarii
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
- δηναρίουdenariounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: a denarius
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- δηνάριονdenarionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a denarius
So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
- δηνάριονdenarionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a denarius
But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
- δηναρίουdenariounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: for a denarius
Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
- δηνάριονdenarionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a denarius
Mark
three uses
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
- δηναρίωνdenarionnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: denarii
But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”
- δηνάριονdenarionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a denarius
It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.
- δηναρίωνdenarionnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: denarii
Luke
three uses
“Two men were debtors to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
- δηνάριαdenarianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: denarii
The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Take care of him,’ he said, ‘and on my return I will repay you for any additional expense.’
- δηνάριαdenarianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: denarii
“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
- δηνάριονdenarionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a denarius
John
two uses
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
- δηναρίωνdenarionnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: denarii worth
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
- δηναρίωνdenarionnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: denarii
Revelation
two uses
And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
- δηναρίουdenariounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: for a denarius
- δηναρίουdenariounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: for a denarius
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.