ΛΕΠΤΟΝ, λεπτον
LEPTON, lepton
Sounds Like: LEP-ton
Translations: thin, fine, delicate, small, insignificant, a mite, a small coin
From the root: ΛΕΠΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something as thin, fine, delicate, or small in size or importance. As a noun, it specifically refers to a very small coin, often translated as a 'mite' or 'farthing' in biblical contexts, representing a very small amount of money. It can also describe something subtle or refined.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3047 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 10:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 12:59
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΕΠΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΕΠΤ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, poor, meager
- ΛΕΠΤΑ — thin, fine, small, light, insignificant, a mite, a small coin
- ΛΕΠΤΗ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, a mite, mite
- ΛΕΠΤΗΝ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, a small coin, a mite
- ΛΕΠΤΗΣ — thin, fine, delicate, soft, gentle, small, insignificant, poor
- ΛΕΠΤΟΙ — thin, fine, slender, small, a small coin, a mite
- ΛΕΠΤΟΣ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, a mite, a lepton
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΑΤΟΙΣ — thinnest, finest, smallest, most delicate, most subtle
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΑΤΩΝ — of very small, of very fine, of very thin, of very light, of very delicate, of very subtle
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΕΡΟΝ — thinner, finer, smaller, more delicate, more subtle
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΗΤΑ — thinness, fineness, delicacy, subtlety
- ΛΕΠΤΥΝΙΣ — thinness, fineness, smallness, a thinning, a making thin
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