Dict: smith - PENNY, PENNYWORTH

PENNY, PENNYWORTH - P>@ - In the New Testament "penny," either alone or in the compound "pennyworth," occurs as the rendering of the Roman denarius . kjv@Matthew:20:2 kjv@Matthew:22:10; kjv@Mark:6:37 kjv@Mark:12:15; kjv@Luke:20:24; kjv@John:6:7; kjv@Revelation:6:6) The denarius was the chief Roman silver coin, and was worth about 15 to 17 cents.