† δίδραχμος, -ον
(< δίς, δραχμή),
worth two drachmae; τὸ δ. (sc. νόμισμα, coin),
[in LXX chiefly for שֶׁקֶל (Ge 23:15, a1.), also for כֶּסֶף: Ge 20:16, De 22:29;]
a double drachma, nearly equal to the Jewish half-shekel, the amount of the Temple tax: Mt 17:24 (DB, iii, 428).†