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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Money
| 单位 | 等于 | 价值 | 经文出处 |
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Denarius
新
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.
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工作天数: 1
银子: ≈ 3.4–3.9 克
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马太福音 20:2, 马太福音 22:19, 路加福音 10:35 | |
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Drachma
新
δραχμή drachmē
The Greek silver coin, reckoned equal to the denarius; the Attic drachma weighed about 4.3 g.
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≈ 1 × Denarius |
工作天数: ≈ 1
银子: ≈ 3.4–4.4 克
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路加福音 15:8, 使徒行传 19:19 |
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Didrachma
新
δίδραχμον didrachmon
Two drachmas, the yearly temple tax of half a shekel.
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= 2 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 2
银子: ≈ 6.8–8.8 克
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马太福音 17:24 |
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Stater
新
στατήρ statēr
Four drachmas, the temple tax for two; most likely the Tyrian shekel of about 14 g of silver.
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= 4 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 4
银子: ≈ 13.5–14.4 克
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马太福音 17:27 |
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Piece of silver
新
ἀργύριον argyrion
A silver coin without a named value; the thirty pieces paid to Judas are usually taken as Tyrian shekels.
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≈ 1 × Stater |
工作天数: ≈ 4
银子: ≈ 13.5–14.4 克
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马太福音 26:15, 马太福音 27:3 |
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Assarion
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ἀσσάριον assarion
The Roman copper as, a sixteenth of a denarius.
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= 1/16 × Denarius |
工作天数: 1/16
银子: ≈ 0.213–0.244 克
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马太福音 10:29, 路加福音 12:6 |
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Quadrans
新
κοδράντης kodrantēs
The smallest Roman coin, a quarter of an as; two lepta make one (Mark 12:42).
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= 1/4 × Assarion |
工作天数: 1/64
银子: ≈ 0.0531–0.0609 克
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马太福音 5:26, 马可福音 12:42 |
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Lepton
新
λεπτόν lepton
The smallest copper coin in circulation, half a quadrans, 1/128 of a denarius; in the Synodal translation also «полушка».
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= 1/2 × Quadrans |
工作天数: 1/128
银子: ≈ 0.0266–0.0305 克
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马可福音 12:42, 路加福音 12:59, 路加福音 21:2 |
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Mina (Greek)
新
μνᾶ mna
A hundred drachmas, about a hundred days of work.
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= 100 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 100
银子: ≈ 340–440 克
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路加福音 19:13, 路加福音 19:16 |
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Talent (Greek)
新
τάλαντον talanton
Sixty minas, 6000 drachmas: about twenty years of a labourer's work.
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= 60 × Mina (Greek) |
工作天数: ≈ 6 000
银子: ≈ 20.4–26.4 千克
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马太福音 18:24, 马太福音 25:15 |
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Shekel of silver
旧
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.
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≈ 4 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 4
银子: ≈ 10–13 克
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创世记 23:16, 出埃及记 30:13, 撒母耳记下 24:24 |
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Beka
旧
בֶּקַע beqa
Half a shekel, the ransom paid by every man counted in the census.
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= 1/2 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 2
银子: ≈ 5–6.5 克
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出埃及记 38:26 |
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Gerah
旧
גֵּרָה gerah
A twentieth of a shekel.
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= 1/20 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 1/5
银子: ≈ 0.5–0.65 克
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出埃及记 30:13 |
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Pim
旧
פִּים pim
Two thirds of a shekel, the Philistines' price for sharpening tools.
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= 2/3 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 2 2/3
银子: ≈ 6.67–8.67 克
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撒母耳记上 13:21 |
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Mina of silver
旧
מָנֶה maneh
Fifty shekels of silver.
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= 50 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 200
银子: ≈ 500–650 克
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以斯拉记 2:69, 尼希米记 7:71 |
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Talent of silver
旧
כִּכָּר kikkar
3000 shekels of silver, about 34 kg: a tribute of kings.
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= 60 × Mina of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 12 000
银子: ≈ 30–39 千克
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列王纪下 5:5, 列王纪下 15:19, 以斯帖记 3:9 |
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Daric
旧
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.
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≈ 20 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 20
银子: ≈ 68–88 克
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历代志上 29:7, 以斯拉记 8:27 |
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Qesitah
旧
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».
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数值未知 | 创世记 33:19, 约书亚记 24:32, 约伯记 42:11 |
圣经中的金额与度量衡
| 示例 | 经文出处 | 数量 | 相当于 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The last lepton | 路加福音 12:58, 59 | 1 × Lepton |
工作天数: 1/128
银子: ≈ 0.0266–0.0305 克
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| The widow's two lepta | 马可福音 12:41–44, 路加福音 21:1–4 | 2 × Lepton |
工作天数: 1/64
银子: ≈ 0.0531–0.0609 克
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| The last quadrans | 马太福音 5:25, 26 | 1 × Quadrans |
工作天数: 1/64
银子: ≈ 0.0531–0.0609 克
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| Two sparrows for an assarion | 马太福音 10:29–31 | 1 × Assarion |
工作天数: 1/16
银子: ≈ 0.213–0.244 克
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| Five sparrows for two assaria | 路加福音 12:6, 7 | 2 × Assarion |
工作天数: 1/8
银子: ≈ 0.425–0.488 克
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| The lost drachma | 路加福音 15:8–10 | 1 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 1
银子: ≈ 3.4–4.4 克
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| The woman's ten drachmas | 路加福音 15:8–10 | 10 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 10
银子: ≈ 34–44 克
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| A choinix of wheat for a denarius | 启示录 6:6 | 1 × Denarius |
工作天数: 1
银子: ≈ 3.4–3.9 克
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| A day's pay in the vineyard | 马太福音 20:1–16 | 1 × Denarius |
工作天数: 1
银子: ≈ 3.4–3.9 克
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| The coin of the tax to Caesar | 马太福音 22:15–22, 马可福音 12:13–17, 路加福音 20:20–26 | 1 × Denarius |
工作天数: 1
银子: ≈ 3.4–3.9 克
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| Two denarii to the innkeeper | 路加福音 10:30–37 | 2 × Denarius |
工作天数: 2
银子: ≈ 6.8–7.8 克
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| The temple tax | 马太福音 17:24–27 | 1 × Didrachma |
工作天数: ≈ 2
银子: ≈ 6.8–8.8 克
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| A stater for two | 马太福音 17:24–27 | 1 × Stater |
工作天数: ≈ 4
银子: ≈ 13.5–14.4 克
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| The smaller debt forgiven | 路加福音 7:40–43 | 50 × Denarius |
工作天数: 50
银子: ≈ 170–195 克
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| The greater debt forgiven | 路加福音 7:40–43 | 500 × Denarius |
工作天数: 500
银子: ≈ 1.7–1.95 千克
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| A hundred denarii owed by a fellow servant | 马太福音 18:23–35 | 100 × Denarius |
工作天数: 100
银子: ≈ 340–390 克
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| The unforgiving servant's debt | 马太福音 18:23–35 | 10 000 × Talent (Greek) |
工作天数: ≈ 60 000 000
银子: ≈ 204 000–264 000 千克
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| A mina to each servant | 路加福音 19:12–27 | 1 × Mina (Greek) |
工作天数: ≈ 100
银子: ≈ 340–440 克
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| Five talents to the first servant | 马太福音 25:14–30 | 5 × Talent (Greek) |
工作天数: ≈ 30 000
银子: ≈ 102–132 千克
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| Thirty pieces of silver | 马太福音 26:14–16, 马太福音 27:3–10 | 30 × Piece of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 120
银子: ≈ 405–432 克
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| Two hundred denarii of bread | 马可福音 6:35–44, 约翰福音 6:5–7 | 200 × Denarius |
工作天数: 200
银子: ≈ 680–780 克
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| Ointment worth three hundred denarii | 马可福音 14:3–9, 约翰福音 12:1–8 | 300 × Denarius |
工作天数: 300
银子: ≈ 1.02–1.17 千克
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| The books burned at Ephesus | 使徒行传 19:19 | 50 000 × Drachma |
工作天数: ≈ 50 000
银子: ≈ 170–220 千克
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| The cave of Machpelah | 创世记 23:15, 16 | 400 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 1 600
银子: ≈ 4–5.2 千克
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| Joseph sold into Egypt | 创世记 37:28 | 20 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 80
银子: ≈ 200–260 克
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| Half a shekel of ransom | 出埃及记 30:13–15 | 1/2 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 2
银子: ≈ 5–6.5 克
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| The price of a slave | 出埃及记 21:32 | 30 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 120
银子: ≈ 300–390 克
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| Araunah's threshing floor | 撒母耳记下 24:24 | 50 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 200
银子: ≈ 500–650 克
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| The field at Anathoth | 耶利米书 32:9 | 17 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 68
银子: ≈ 170–221 克
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| Thirty pieces of silver for the shepherd | 撒迦利亚书 11:12, 13 | 30 × Shekel of silver |
工作天数: ≈ 120
银子: ≈ 300–390 克
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来源
- 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