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.
Written by H. Porter
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.
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