Meaning of DARIC
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 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dar"ic\ (d[a^]r"[i^]k), n. [Gr. dareiko`s, of Persian
origin.]
1. (Antiq.)
(a) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a
little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side
the figure of an archer.
(b) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of
an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
2. Any very pure gold coin.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | in the Revised Version of 1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 2:69; 8:27; Neh. 7:70-72, where the Authorized Version has "dram." It is the rendering of the Hebrew darkemon and the Greek dareikos. It was a gold coin, bearing the figure of a Persian King with his crown and armed with bow and arrow. It was current among the Jews after their return from Babylon, i.e., while under the Persian domination. It weighed about 128 grains troy, and was of the value of about one guinea or rather more of our money. It is the first coin mentioned in Scripture, and is the oldest that history makes known to us. |
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