Nave’s Topical Bible
Pound
5 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- The Hebrew word "maneh" is translated "pound,"
And is equivalent to almost one pound (fourteen ounces)
- In John the weight was equivalent to about twelve ounces
- In Luke the Greek word "mina" is translated "pound," and worth approximately one-hundred denarii (more than three months' wages)
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Bible verses about “Pound”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 1 Kings 10:17And 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 2:69They 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 7:71And 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.
- Nehemiah 7:72And 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.
- John 12:3Then 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.
- Luke 19:13And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
- Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Luke 19:15And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
- Luke 19:16Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
- Luke 19:17And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
- Luke 19:18And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
- Luke 19:19And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
- Luke 19:20And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
- Luke 19:21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
- Luke 19:22And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
- Luke 19:23Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
- Luke 19:24And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
- Luke 19:25(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)