Topic
Pound
14 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 10:17Easton · Smith · Nave The Hebrew word “maneh” is translated “pound,”
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- Ezra 2:69Easton · Smith · Nave The Hebrew word “maneh” is translated “pound,”
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
- Nehemiah 7:71Easton · Smith · Nave The Hebrew word “maneh” is translated “pound,”
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
- John 12:3Easton · ISBE · Nave In John the weight was equivalent to about twelve ounces
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
- Nehemiah 7:72Easton · Nave The Hebrew word “maneh” is translated “pound,”
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.
- Luke 19:13–25ISBE · Nave In Luke the Greek word “mina” is translated “pound,” and worth approximately one-hundred denarii (more than three months' wages)
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was…
- Luke 19:12–27Smith
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a…
- Luke 19:13Easton
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
- Luke 19:16Easton
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
- Luke 19:18Easton
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
- Luke 19:20Easton
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
- Luke 19:24Easton
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
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- Luke 19:25 Easton
- John 19:39 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 12 references
(1.) A weight. Heb. maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois (John 12:3; 19:39).
(2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luke 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.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- A weight. [See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]
- A sum of money put in the Old Testament, (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71) for the Hebrew maneh , worth in silver about . 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. It was worth to .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
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).
See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Figurative: "Pound," like "talent," is used in the New Testament for intellectual gifts and spiritual endowments, as in the passage given above.
H. Porter
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 6 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → The Hebrew word “maneh” is translated “pound,” 1Ki 10:17; Ezr 2:69; Ne 7:71,72
- → And is equivalent to almost one pound (fourteen ounces)
- → In John the weight was equivalent to about twelve ounces Joh 12:3
- → In Luke the Greek word “mina” is translated “pound,” and worth approximately one-hundred denarii (more than three months' wages) Lu 19:13-25
- → See MEASURE
- → See WEIGHTS
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.