Farthing

1. The King James Version translation for a small coin. A copper coin which was equal to one-sixteenth of the silver denarius (Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6). A denarius was one day's wage.

2. The King James Version translation for another word translated “penny." A coin worth one-fourth of #1 above, or one-sixty-fourth of the denarius (Matthew 5:26; Mark 12:42).

See also Coins; Money.