Mite
Bible Usage:
- Bible Reference: Luke 12:59
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G3016 Used 1 time
Contraction of minute, from the Latin minutum, the translation of the Greek word lepton, the very smallest bronze of copper coin (Luke 12:59; 21:2). Two mites made one quadrans, i.e., the fourth part of a Roman as, which was in value nearly a halfpenny. (See FARTHING.)
About one-fifth of a cent
Mark 12:42
Widow's
Luke 21:2
a coin current in Palestine in the time of our Lord. (Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4) It seems in Palestine to have been the smallest piece of money (worth about one-fifth of a cent), being the half of the farthing, which was a coin of very low value. From St. Mark's explanation, "two mites, which make a farthing," ver. 42, it may perhaps be inferred that the farthing was the commoner coin.
MITE, noun [Heb. small.]
1. A very small insect of the genus Acarus.
2. In Scripture, a small piece of money, the quarter of a denarius, or about seven English farthings.
3. Any thing proverbially very small; a very little particle or quantity.
4. The twentieth part of a grain.
MITEL'LA, noun A plant.
MI'TER, noun
1. A sacerdotal ornament worn on the head by bishops and certain abbots, on solemn occasions.
2. In architecture, an angle of 45 degrees.
3. In Irish history, a sort of base money or coin.
4. Figuratively, the dignity of bishops or abbots.
MI'TER, verb transitive To adorn with a miter
1. To unite at an angle of 45 degrees.
MI'TERED, participle present tense or adjective Wearing a miter.
1. Honored with the privilege of wearing a miter.
2. Cut or joined at an angle of 45 degrees.