Money in the Bible

A denarius was a day’s wage for a labourer (Matthew 20:2), so every sum is shown in days of work and in grams of silver. Today’s money is only a rough guide: wages and prices change every year.

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1 000 000 이하의 음수가 아닌 수를 입력하세요: 2, 0.5 또는 1/4.

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≈ 1 Drachma

노동 일수: 1

은: ≈ 3.4–3.9 g, 보통 3.8 g

오늘날의 금액은 대략적인 참고일 뿐입니다. 임금과 물가는 해마다 바뀝니다.

국가

오늘: 58 USD — 최저임금 기준 (7.25 USD 시간당, 기준일 2026-09-29, U.S. Department of Labor: federal minimum wage (in force since 24.07.2009))

오늘: ≈ 6.70–7.69 USD — 은 시세 기준 (기준일 2026-09-28, LBMA Silver Price, 28.09.2026)

Money

단위	환산	가치	성경 구절
Denarius 신 δηνάριον dēnarion The Roman silver coin and a labourer's pay for a day (Matthew 20:2). Under Augustus it weighed about 3.9 g, from Nero about 3.4 g.		노동 일수: 1 은: ≈ 3.4–3.9 g ^[1][3]	마태복음 20:2, 마태복음 22:19, 누가복음 10:35
Drachma 신 δραχμή drachmē The Greek silver coin, reckoned equal to the denarius; the Attic drachma weighed about 4.3 g.	≈ 1 × Denarius	노동 일수: ≈ 1 은: ≈ 3.4–4.4 g ^[3]	누가복음 15:8, 사도행전 19:19
Didrachma 신 δίδραχμον didrachmon Two drachmas, the yearly temple tax of half a shekel.	= 2 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 2 은: ≈ 6.8–8.8 g	마태복음 17:24
Stater 신 στατήρ statēr Four drachmas, the temple tax for two; most likely the Tyrian shekel of about 14 g of silver.	= 4 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 4 은: ≈ 13.5–14.4 g ^[3]	마태복음 17:27
Piece of silver 신 ἀργύριον argyrion A silver coin without a named value; the thirty pieces paid to Judas are usually taken as Tyrian shekels.	≈ 1 × Stater	노동 일수: ≈ 4 은: ≈ 13.5–14.4 g	마태복음 26:15, 마태복음 27:3
Assarion 신 ἀσσάριον assarion The Roman copper as, a sixteenth of a denarius.	= 1/16 × Denarius	노동 일수: 1/16 은: ≈ 0.213–0.244 g	마태복음 10:29, 누가복음 12:6
Quadrans 신 κοδράντης kodrantēs The smallest Roman coin, a quarter of an as; two lepta make one (Mark 12:42).	= 1/4 × Assarion	노동 일수: 1/64 은: ≈ 0.0531–0.0609 g	마태복음 5:26, 마가복음 12:42
Lepton 신 λεπτόν lepton The smallest copper coin in circulation, half a quadrans, 1/128 of a denarius; in the Synodal translation also «полушка».	= 1/2 × Quadrans	노동 일수: 1/128 은: ≈ 0.0266–0.0305 g	마가복음 12:42, 누가복음 12:59, 누가복음 21:2
Mina (Greek) 신 μνᾶ mna A hundred drachmas, about a hundred days of work.	= 100 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 100 은: ≈ 340–440 g	누가복음 19:13, 누가복음 19:16
Talent (Greek) 신 τάλαντον talanton Sixty minas, 6000 drachmas: about twenty years of a labourer's work.	= 60 × Mina (Greek)	노동 일수: ≈ 6 000 은: ≈ 20.4–26.4 kg	마태복음 18:24, 마태복음 25:15
Shekel of silver 구 שֶׁקֶל sheqel Silver by weight, before coins; the price of land, of a slave, of a sacrifice. Reckoned at four drachmas: the half-shekel tax is paid with a didrachma in Matthew 17:24.	≈ 4 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 4 은: ≈ 10–13 g ^[1][2]	창세기 23:16, 출애굽기 30:13, 사무엘기하 24:24
Beka 구 בֶּקַע beqa Half a shekel, the ransom paid by every man counted in the census.	= 1/2 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 2 은: ≈ 5–6.5 g	출애굽기 38:26
Gerah 구 גֵּרָה gerah A twentieth of a shekel.	= 1/20 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 1/5 은: ≈ 0.5–0.65 g	출애굽기 30:13
Pim 구 פִּים pim Two thirds of a shekel, the Philistines' price for sharpening tools.	= 2/3 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 2 2/3 은: ≈ 6.67–8.67 g	사무엘기상 13:21
Mina of silver 구 מָנֶה maneh Fifty shekels of silver.	= 50 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 200 은: ≈ 500–650 g	에스라기 2:69, 느헤미야서 7:71
Talent of silver 구 כִּכָּר kikkar 3000 shekels of silver, about 34 kg: a tribute of kings.	= 60 × Mina of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 12 000 은: ≈ 30–39 kg	열왕기하 5:5, 열왕기하 15:19, 에스더서 3:9
Daric 구 אֲדַרְכֹּן adarkon The Persian gold coin of about 8.4 g. Xenophon counts 3000 darics as ten talents, so a daric is about twenty drachmas; silver here is by that value.	≈ 20 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 20 은: ≈ 68–88 g	역대기상 29:7, 에스라기 8:27
Qesitah 구 קְשִׂיטָה qesitah A unit of silver of the patriarchs' time; its value is unknown. Translations render it as «a piece of money» or «a lamb».		값 미상	창세기 33:19, 여호수아 24:32, 욥기 42:11

성경 속 금액과 도량형

본문	성경 구절	수량	환산값
The last lepton	누가복음 12:58, 59	1 × Lepton	노동 일수: 1/128 은: ≈ 0.0266–0.0305 g
The widow's two lepta	마가복음 12:41–44, 누가복음 21:1–4	2 × Lepton	노동 일수: 1/64 은: ≈ 0.0531–0.0609 g
The last quadrans	마태복음 5:25, 26	1 × Quadrans	노동 일수: 1/64 은: ≈ 0.0531–0.0609 g
Two sparrows for an assarion	마태복음 10:29–31	1 × Assarion	노동 일수: 1/16 은: ≈ 0.213–0.244 g
Five sparrows for two assaria	누가복음 12:6, 7	2 × Assarion	노동 일수: 1/8 은: ≈ 0.425–0.488 g
The lost drachma	누가복음 15:8–10	1 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 1 은: ≈ 3.4–4.4 g
The woman's ten drachmas	누가복음 15:8–10	10 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 10 은: ≈ 34–44 g
A choinix of wheat for a denarius	요한계시록 6:6	1 × Denarius	노동 일수: 1 은: ≈ 3.4–3.9 g
A day's pay in the vineyard	마태복음 20:1–16	1 × Denarius	노동 일수: 1 은: ≈ 3.4–3.9 g
The coin of the tax to Caesar	마태복음 22:15–22, 마가복음 12:13–17, 누가복음 20:20–26	1 × Denarius	노동 일수: 1 은: ≈ 3.4–3.9 g
Two denarii to the innkeeper	누가복음 10:30–37	2 × Denarius	노동 일수: 2 은: ≈ 6.8–7.8 g
The temple tax	마태복음 17:24–27	1 × Didrachma	노동 일수: ≈ 2 은: ≈ 6.8–8.8 g
A stater for two	마태복음 17:24–27	1 × Stater	노동 일수: ≈ 4 은: ≈ 13.5–14.4 g
The smaller debt forgiven	누가복음 7:40–43	50 × Denarius	노동 일수: 50 은: ≈ 170–195 g
The greater debt forgiven	누가복음 7:40–43	500 × Denarius	노동 일수: 500 은: ≈ 1.7–1.95 kg
A hundred denarii owed by a fellow servant	마태복음 18:23–35	100 × Denarius	노동 일수: 100 은: ≈ 340–390 g
The unforgiving servant's debt	마태복음 18:23–35	10 000 × Talent (Greek)	노동 일수: ≈ 60 000 000 은: ≈ 204 000–264 000 kg
A mina to each servant	누가복음 19:12–27	1 × Mina (Greek)	노동 일수: ≈ 100 은: ≈ 340–440 g
Five talents to the first servant	마태복음 25:14–30	5 × Talent (Greek)	노동 일수: ≈ 30 000 은: ≈ 102–132 kg
Thirty pieces of silver	마태복음 26:14–16, 마태복음 27:3–10	30 × Piece of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 120 은: ≈ 405–432 g
Two hundred denarii of bread	마가복음 6:35–44, 요한복음 6:5–7	200 × Denarius	노동 일수: 200 은: ≈ 680–780 g
Ointment worth three hundred denarii	마가복음 14:3–9, 요한복음 12:1–8	300 × Denarius	노동 일수: 300 은: ≈ 1.02–1.17 kg
The books burned at Ephesus	사도행전 19:19	50 000 × Drachma	노동 일수: ≈ 50 000 은: ≈ 170–220 kg
The cave of Machpelah	창세기 23:15, 16	400 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 1 600 은: ≈ 4–5.2 kg
Joseph sold into Egypt	창세기 37:28	20 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 80 은: ≈ 200–260 g
Half a shekel of ransom	출애굽기 30:13–15	1/2 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 2 은: ≈ 5–6.5 g
The price of a slave	출애굽기 21:32	30 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 120 은: ≈ 300–390 g
Araunah's threshing floor	사무엘기하 24:24	50 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 200 은: ≈ 500–650 g
The field at Anathoth	예레미야서 32:9	17 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 68 은: ≈ 170–221 g
Thirty pieces of silver for the shepherd	스가랴서 11:12, 13	30 × Shekel of silver	노동 일수: ≈ 120 은: ≈ 300–390 g

출처

Marvin A. Powell. Weights and Measures // The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman. Vol. 6. New York: Doubleday, 1992
R. B. Y. Scott. Weights and Measures of the Bible // The Biblical Archaeologist 22, no. 2 (1959)
Weights and Measures; Money // The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, rev. ed., ed. G. W. Bromiley. Vol. 3–4. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986–1988