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drak´ma, (δÏαχμηÌ, drachmeÌ„Ì): The word is used in the Septuagint as the rendering of בּקע, bekÌ£a‛, “half-shekel,†which must refer to the light standard for the shekel, as its weight was about 62 grains. In the New Testament the word occurs only in , , where it is rendered “a piece of silver†(m “drachmaâ€). It was commonly taken as equivalent to the Roman denarius, though not strictly so.