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392: 378: 36: 220: 550:, the Aramaic paraphrase of First Samuel 9:8, translates the "quarter-shekel" in the original Hebrew into "zuz", making one zuz equal to one-fourth of a Temple shekel (not a "common shekel"—of which a zuz represented one-half, according to some Talmudic mentions), and two zuzim equal to half of a Temple shekel. 271:
In Hebrew, the word "zuz" means "move", or "to move", so it was called "zuzim" to show that it was constantly moving around, usually referring to the fact that Jews must give charity, or referring to the nature of money that it moves from one person to another, alternating who is
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as well as a Jewish name for the various types of non-Jewish small silver coinage, used before and after the period of the revolt. The name was used from the Greek era of drachmas, through the Roman era of Denarius, and then as the quarter denomination of
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Instone-Brewer, David. 2007. Traditions of the Rabbis from the Era of the New Testament. P.201
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Related to a root (not occurring in the Hebrew Bible) meaning "shining" or "glittering".
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Several different etymologies have been suggested for the word "zuz":
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Students' Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary to the Old Testament
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The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
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