Dictionary entry

δραχμή

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

δραχμή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< δράσσομαι), [in LXX: in Hex. for in בֶּקַע, שֶׁקֶלII Es for אֲדַרְכֹּן, דַּרְכְּמוֹן;]

a drachma, nearly equal to the Roman denarius (v.s. δηνόριον): Lk 15:8, 9 (DCG, ii, 200).†