KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 22:19–20
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Matthew 22:19
19Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
19Shew me the tribute money. And they brought vnto him a †peny.
- In value seven pence halfe peny, chap. 20.2.
Matthew 22:20
20And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
20And he sayth vnto them, Whose is this image and ‖superscription?
- Or, inscription.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 22:19
To show; to make visible, reveal, declare, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Payment or contribution exacted or rendered to a ruler.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Coin or another medium of payment; wealth in spendable form.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The monetary coin or unit called a penny in the KJV; the entry does not equate it with a modern penny or impose a modern value.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 22:20
A likeness, representation, or visible form; often an idol when made or used as an object of worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
superscription
Writing placed upon or above something; an inscription.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604
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From verse 19
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Open the full verse study2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
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Open the full verse study28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
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Open the full verse study6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
From verse 20
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Open the full verse study24Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s.
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