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Luke 21:2 - and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. [NKJV]

According to Strong's Lexicon, a "mite" was "a small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an "as", worth about a 1/5 of a cent."

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A piece of money worth half a farthing (Mark 12.42). A farthing is quarter of one penny.

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Q: What does the word mite mean in the book of Luke in the Bible?
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