Pound (Easton)
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A weight. Heb. maneh, equal to 100 shekels ( 1 Kings 10:17 ; Ezra 2:69 ; Nehemiah 7:71,72 ). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois ( John 12:3 ; 19:39 ). 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 ,6s. 8d. of our money. (See MONEY .)
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)