Kodrantes denotes a small monetary unit, cited in a widow's gift and as the final amount owed.

The attested use concerns a small monetary unit: Mark 12:42 places it in the widow's two lepta, while Matthew 5:26 names it as the final amount that must be paid.

1. A small unit in offerings and payment · dominant

   In Mark 12:42, the nominative singular form occurs in the clause about a poor widow who throws two lepta; the APB renders the explanatory clause "which is a penny." In Matthew 5:26, the accusative singular form marks the final amount to be paid before release; the APB renders "until you have paid the last penny."

   Mark 12:42Matthew 5:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the monetary unit as "a penny" and "the last penny." These renderings confirm the clauses' monetary setting rather than establish a finer distinction.