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Reference: Pound

American

A weight and a sum of money, put, in the Old Testament, 1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Ne 7:71, for the Hebrew MANEH, which see; and in the New Testament, for the Attic MINA, which was equivalent to one hundred drachmae, or about fourteen dollars.

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Easton

(1.) A weight. Heb maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Ne 7:71-72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois (Joh 12:3; 19:39).

(2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Lu 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.)

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Fausets

(See WEIGHTS.) A Greek pound; a money of account; 60 in the talent; the weight depended on that of the talent. The Attic talent then was usual in Palestine.

Hastings

Morish

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Smith

Pound.

1. A weight. [See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES]

See Weights and Measures

See Measures

2. A sum of money put in the Old Testament,

1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Ne 7:71

for the Hebrew maneh, worth in silver about $25. In the parable of the ten pounds,

Lu 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. It was worth $15 to $17.

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