King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3016
Transliteration: lepton
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ton')
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: peeled, fine, thin, small, light
Meaning: peeled, fine, thin, small, light
λεπτός, λεπτή, λεπτόν (λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel), thin; small; τό λεπτόν, a very small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an as (A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.'s Kitto and B. D. under the word; cf. F. R. Conder in the Bible Educator, 3:179): Mark 12:42; Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2; (Alciphron, epistles I, 9 adds κέρμα; Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies νόμισμα).
Word Summary
lepton: peeled, fine, thin, small, light
Original Word: λεπτόνTransliteration: lepton
Phonetic Spelling: (lep-ton')
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: peeled, fine, thin, small, light
Meaning: peeled, fine, thin, small, light
Strong's Concordance
mite. Neuter of a derivative of the same as lepis; something scaled (light), i.e. A small coin -- mite.
see GREEK lepis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3016: λεπτόςλεπτός, λεπτή, λεπτόν (λέπω to strip off the bark, to peel), thin; small; τό λεπτόν, a very small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an as (A. V. a mite; cf. Alex.'s Kitto and B. D. under the word; cf. F. R. Conder in the Bible Educator, 3:179): Mark 12:42; Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2; (Alciphron, epistles I, 9 adds κέρμα; Pollux, onom. 9, 6, sect. 92, supplies νόμισμα).