3016. leptos
Lexicon
leptos: Thin, small, light

Original Word: λεπτός
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: leptos
Pronunciation: lep-TOS
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ton')
KJV: mite
NASB: small copper coins, cent
Word Origin: [neuter of a derivative of the same as G3013 (λεπίς - scales)]

1. something scaled (light), i.e. a small coin

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
mite.

Neuter of a derivative of the same as lepis; something scaled (light), i.e. A small coin -- mite.

see GREEK lepis

HELPS Word-studies

3016 leptón – a copper or bronze coin worth 1/A of a denarius, i.e. of very little value.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as lepis
Definition
peeled, fine, thin, small, light
NASB Translation
cent (1), small copper coins (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3016: λεπτός

λεπτός, 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).

Forms and Transliterations
ελεπτυνά ελέπτυναν ελέπτυνε ελέπτυνεν ελεπτύνθησαν λεπτα λεπτά λεπτὰ λεπταί λεπτή λεπτήν λεπτής λεπτοί λεπτον λεπτόν λεπτὸν λεπτού λεπτυνεί λεπτύνει λεπτυνείς λεπτύνον λεπτύνουσι λεπτυνώ λέπυρον λέσχαι lepta leptà lepton leptòn
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Englishman's Concordance
Mark 12:42 N-ANP
GRK: πτωχὴ ἔβαλεν λεπτὰ δύο ὅ
NAS: in two small copper coins, which
KJV: two mites, which make
INT: poor cast [in] lepta two which

Luke 12:59 N-ANS
GRK: τὸ ἔσχατον λεπτὸν ἀποδῷς
NAS: the very last cent.
KJV: thou hast paid the very last mite.
INT: the last lepton you shall have paid

Luke 21:2 N-ANP
GRK: βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ λεπτὰ δύο
NAS: putting in two small copper coins.
KJV: in thither two mites.
INT: casting in lepta two

Strong's Greek 3016
3 Occurrences


λεπτὰ — 2 Occ.
λεπτὸν — 1 Occ.

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