BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4488
ma.neh — mina
1) maneh, mina, pound 1a) 60 shekels and 1/50 talent (of silver) 1a1) 1/60 talent in early Babylonian standard 1b) 100 shekels and 1/100 talent (of gold) Aramaic equivalent: me.ne (מְנֵא "mina" H4484)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4484
me.ne — mina
1) (P'al) mina, maneh 1a) a weight or measurement; usually 50 shekels but maybe 60 shekels
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Portion (Ezek. 45:12), rendered “pound” (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72), a weight variously estimated, probably about 2 1/2 or 3 lbs. A maneh of gold consisted of a hundred common shekels (q.v.). (Comp. 1 Kings 10:17, and 2 Chr. 9:16).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
