Pound:
(1.) A weight. Heb. maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Neh 7:71,72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois (Jhn 12:3; 19:39).
(2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luk 19:13,16,18,20,24,25). It was equal to 100 drachmas, and was of the value of about $3, 6s. 8d. of our money. (See MONEY.)
Pound:
pound (maneh; mna, litra; Latin, libra): Pound does not correctly represent the Hebrew maneh, which was more than a pound (see MANEH). The litra of Joh 12:3 and 19:39 is the Roman pound (libra) of 4,950 grains, which is less than a pound troy, being about 10 1/3 oz. In a monetary sense (its use in Lu 19:13-25) it is the mna, or maneh, which was either of silver or gold, the former, which is probably the one referred to by Luke, being equal to 6,17 British pounds, or about $33 (in 1915); the latter 102,10 British pounds or $510 (in 1915).
Figurative: "Pound," like "talent," is used in the New Testament for intellectual gifts and spiritual endowments, as in the passage given above.
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Pound: Definition Of and General Scripture Concerning
The Hebrew word "maneh" is translated "pound,"
1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Neh 7:71, 72,
and is equivalent to about one pound, fourteen ounces.
In John 12:3 the weight was equivalent to about twelve ounces.
In Luke 19:13-25 the Greek word "mina" is translated "pound," and worth approximately nineteen dollars.
See MEASURE; WEIGHTS
Pound:
was a Sicilian coin, the equivalent of a Latin libra or as (whence the metric unit, "liter"); in the NT it is used as a measure of weight, a pound, Jhn 12:3; 19:39.
2Strong's Number: g3414Greek: mnaPound:
a Semitic word, both "a weight" and "a sum of money," 100 shekels (cp. 1Ki 10:17, maneh; Dan 5:25, 26, mene), in Attic Greek 100 drachmai, in weight about 15 oz., in value near about £4 is 3d. (see PIECE), occurs in Luk 19:13, 16 (twice), 18 (twice), 20, 24 (twice), 25.
Pound:
(1.) A weight. SEE [WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, A.].
(2.) A sum of money put in the Old Testament (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71) for the Hebrew maneh. In the parable of the ten pounds (Luke 19:12-27) the reference appears to be to a Greek pound, a weight used as a money of account, of which sixty went to the talent.
Money:
Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). Next, this word is used in connection with the purchase of the cave of Machpelah (23:16), and again in connection with Jacob's purchase of a field at Shalem (Gen 33:18,19) for "an hundred pieces of money"=an hundred Hebrew kesitahs (q.v.), i.e., probably pieces of money, as is supposed, bearing the figure of a lamb.
The history of Joseph affords evidence of the constant use of money, silver of a fixed weight. This appears also in all the subsequent history of the Jewish people, in all their internal as well as foreign transactions. There were in common use in trade silver pieces of a definite weight, shekels, half-shekels, and quarter-shekels. But these were not properly coins, which are pieces of metal authoritatively issued, and bearing a stamp.
Of the use of coined money we have no early notice among the Hebrews. The first mentioned is of Persian coinage, the daric (Ezr 2:69; Neh 7:70) and the 'adarkon (Ezr 8:27). The daric (q.v.) was a gold piece current in Palestine in the time of Cyrus. As long as the Jews, after the Exile, lived under Persian rule, they used Persian coins. These gave place to Greek coins when Palestine came under the dominion of the Greeks (B.C. 331), the coins consisting of gold, silver, and copper pieces. The usual gold pieces were staters (q.v.), and the silver coins tetradrachms and drachms.
In the year B.C. 140, Antiochus VII. gave permission to Simon the Maccabee to coin Jewish money. Shekels (q.v.) were then coined bearing the figure of the almond rod and the pot of manna.
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