Pound <1,,3046, litra>
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, Joh 12:3, Joh 19:39.
<2,,3414, mna>
a Semitic word, both "a weight" and "a sum of money," 100 shekels (cp. 1Ki 10:17, maneh; Dan 1:5-26, mene), in Attic Greek 100 drachmai, in weight about 15 oz., in value near about f4IS. 3d. (see PIECE), occurs in Luk 19:13, Luk 19:16 (twice), Luk 19:18 (twice), Luk 19:20, Luk 19:24 (twice), Luk 19:25.
