FARTHING

Two different Roman brass coins are translated by this word: one of these, the assarion, Mt 10:29 Lu 12:6, was worth less than a cent; the other, the kodrantes, Mt 5:26, was probably nearly four mills.

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Farthing. Farthing
(1.) Matt. 10:29; Luke 12:6. Greek assarion, i.e., a small as, which was a Roman coin equal to a tenth of a denarius or drachma, nearly equal to a halfpenny of our money.

(2.) Matt. 5:26; Mark 12:42 (Gr. kodrantes), the quadrant, the fourth of an as, equal to two lepta, mites. The lepton (mite) was the very smallest copper coin.

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FARTHING. → (This word is used to translate two different words in the Greek text)
* Assarion, a Roman coin worth, in American money, only a few cents; in English money, about three farthings Mt 10:29; Lu 12:6

→ And kodrantes, worth, in American money, about two-fifths of a cent; in English money, less than a farthing Mt 5:26; Mr 12:42

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a piece of money Mt 5:26; 10:29; Mr 12:42; Lu 12:6 --SEE Tables, 3537

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farthing. Farthing, n. the fourth part of a penny

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Far″thing (?), n. [[OE. furthing, AS. feórðung, fr. feórða fourth, feór, feówer, four. See Four.]] 1. 1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.
2. 2. A very small quantity or value.
In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. Chaucer. 3. 3. A division of land.
Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew.