Greek noun (neuter) · G3016
λεπτόν
leptonlep-ton'
peeled.; fine, thin, small, light
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: leptón
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3016is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3016
something scaled (light), i.e. a small coin
The King James renders it: mite.
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
lepton is rendered "peeled.; fine, thin, small, light". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "peeled.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 12:42Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
Mark 12:42λεπτὰ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: peeled., and fine, thin, small, light.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| peeled. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMark 12:42Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins… |
| fine, thin, small, light | Tagged as
| WhereMark 12:42Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins… |
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 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- λεπτὰ2
- λεπτὸν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural2N-APN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
Mark
one use
Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.
- λεπτὰleptanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: lepta
Luke
two uses
I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
- λεπτὸνleptonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: lepton
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
- λεπτὰleptanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: lepta
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.