KJV dictionary & concordance
A small coin of very little value.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 5:26
Complete exact-word concordance
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Uerily I say vnto thee, thou shalt by no meanes come out thence, till thou hast payd the vttermost farthing.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Are not two Sparrowes solde for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
1611 marginal noteIt is in value halfepeny far thing, in the originall: as being the tenth part of the Romane peny.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And there came a certaine poore widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
1611 marginal noteIt is the seuenth part of one piece of that brasse money.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Mark 12:42 expressly says two mites make a farthing; the two Matthew claims show its low-value monetary use. The retained small-coin definition is directly bounded by Scripture.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
