Dram
/dram/
Summary
A gold coin, probably the Persian daric, used in post-exilic times and mentioned in the accounts of offerings for rebuilding the temple.
☩Persian Coinage
The dram (Hebrew darkemon or adarkon) was a Persian gold coin, likely the daric, which bore the image of the Persian king. It weighed about 8.4 grams. The returning exiles contributed thousands of drams of gold for the temple's restoration. This is one of the earliest mentions of coined money in Scripture.
Key verses:Ezra 2:69Ezra 8:27Nehemiah 7:70-721 Chronicles 29:7
Related Verses6 mentions
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Dram," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Dram," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. II (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).