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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(handful) (1 Chron. 29:7⁷And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. (1 Chronicles 29:7); Ezra 2:69⁶⁹They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. (Ezra 2:69); Neh. 7:70-72⁷⁰And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. ⁷¹And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. ⁷²And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. (Nehemiah 7:70‑72)). [DARIC.]

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

150 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’adarkon

Phonic:

ad-ar-kone’

Meaning:

of Persian origin; a daric or Persian coin

KJV Usage:

dram