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Definition of Prutah
1. Noun. A bronze coin, equivalent to the Roman quadrans, used in ancient Palestine ¹
2. Noun. An aluminium coin, worth one thousandth of a pound, formerly used in Israel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prutah
1. a monetary unit of Israel [n PRUTOTH]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prutah
Literary usage of Prutah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hebraic Literature: Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Maurice Henry Harris (1901)
"Whoever gives a prutah to a poor man has six blessings bestowed upon him, ...
On the next page of the same tract it is said, "For one prutah given as alms ..."
2. Universal Classics Library by Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh (1901)
"Whoever gives a prutah to a poor man has six blessings bestowed upon him, ...
On the next page of the same tract it is said, «For one prutah given as alms ..."
3. Annotations on the Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles: Compiled and by J. Elsley, James Slade (1824)
"two mites,] a prutah, the lowest Hebrew denomination of money. ... are a farthing ;
a prutah is the eighth part of an Italian ..."
4. Annotations on the Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles: Compiled and by Heneage Elsley (1812)
"two mites — ] a prutah, the lowest Hebrew denomination of money. ... are a
farthing ; a prutah is the eighth part of an Italian ..."
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