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Mite
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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lepton . The seventh of an obolus , which was the sixth of a drachma or denarius , "penny" (Mark 12:42; Luke 12:59; Luke 21:2). Half of a quadrans or farthing. The smallest coin. The widow sowed her all; she might have kept back one of the two mites for herself (2 Corinthians 9:6). God accepted the widow's mites, but rejects the miser's "mite."
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Mite'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/mite.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Mite'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/m/mite.html. 1949.
