Strong G3046λίτρα
pound
- Transliteration
- litra
- Pronunciation
- lee'-trah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Of Latin origin (libra); a pound in weight: - pound.
Detailed definition
λίτρα, -ας, ἡ
(cf. Lat. libra),
1. a Sicilian coin = Rom. libra or as.
2. In weight, a pound: Jhn.12:3 19:39.†
(AS)
(cf. Lat. libra),
1. a Sicilian coin = Rom. libra or as.
2. In weight, a pound: Jhn.12:3 19:39.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3046 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pound2
First verses
- 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.
- John 19:39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λίτρ-α, ἡ,
a silver coin of Sicily, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 9, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 72, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 71, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 8.—On its value see 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 476, 510.)]
II as a weight, [Refs (12 ounces,)]a pound, [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 141, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.43.19, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.116, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.43, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 2, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.7.1: _metaphorically_, λίτρᾰν ἐτῶν ζήσας)] having lived a pound of years, i.e. [Refs 6th c.AD+ (72 (in late times a pound of gold was coined into 72 pieces), “Anthologia Graeca” 10.97 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus).)]
III measure of capacity, = [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1 Italic κοτύλη, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.287)]. [ῑ as in Latin libra; written λείτρα in [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2040.7 (Bosp.).] (Both λίτρα)] and Latin libra probably from early Italic *līprā.)
a silver coin of Sicily, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 9, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 72, 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 71, 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 8.—On its value see 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 476, 510.)]
II as a weight, [Refs (12 ounces,)]a pound, [[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus] 141, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.43.19, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.116, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.43, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 2, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.7.1: _metaphorically_, λίτρᾰν ἐτῶν ζήσας)] having lived a pound of years, i.e. [Refs 6th c.AD+ (72 (in late times a pound of gold was coined into 72 pieces), “Anthologia Graeca” 10.97 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus).)]
III measure of capacity, = [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (1 Italic κοτύλη, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.287)]. [ῑ as in Latin libra; written λείτρα in [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2040.7 (Bosp.).] (Both λίτρα)] and Latin libra probably from early Italic *līprā.)