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dar´ik (דּרכּמון, darkemoÌ„n, and ×דרכּון, 'adharkoÌ„n; δαÏεικοÌÏ‚, dareikoÌs): A Persian gold coin about a guinea or five dollars in value. The first form of the word occurs in ; , and -72; the second in and is rendered, “dram†in the King James Version and “daric†in the Revised Version (British and American). In the passage in Chronicles, it must refer to a weight, since at the time of David there were no coins, but in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah the Persian darics were current. See MONEY.