Piece of silver in Biblical History

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What is a Piece of silver?
PIECE OF SILVER
In the O.T. the word "pieces," in every passage but one, is inserted in the A.V., the phrase being "a thousand," or the like, "of silver," and may be interpreted "shekels," as the shekel was the common weight for money. See Money. In the N.T. "piece of silver" is the translation of "drachma," Luke 15:8, and of a coin of uncertain value, probably shekel. Matt 26:15. PI'ETY occurs only once in our version, 1 Tim 6:4, where it denotes the reverence which children owe their parents.

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