zuz

[ zooz ]

noun

, plural zu·zim [zoo, -zim, zoo-, zeem].

1. an ancient Hebrew silver coin, the fourth part of a silver shekel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zuz¹

First recorded in 1685–95; from Hebrew zūz, from Aramaic zūzā, from Akkadian zūzu “half, division,” from zūzu “to divide”

Example Sentences

He meets Madeline, almost 18, who shows him a warm place to sleep, along with Coco, an 11-year-old with the vocabulary of a truck driver, and Zuz, who does not speak.

From New York Times

Zuz, zōōz, n. a coin or money of account in New Testament times.

From Project Gutenberg

To this day, the standard Orthodox ketubah still contains language requiring a divorced man to pay his ex-wife “200 silver zuz.”

From New York Times

The Upper Engadine is not mentioned in authentic documents till 1139, the bishop of Coire being then the great lord, and, from the 13th century, having as his bailiffs the family of Planta, the original seat of which was at Zuz.

From Project Gutenberg

If the witness said, “he told me that I am indebted to him”—“such a man told me that he is indebted to him”—he has said nothing, till he shall say, “he acknowledged in our presence that he owed him 200 zuz.”

From Project Gutenberg