G3046: λίτρα
lítra · “pound”
Definition
a pound in weight
KJV translates it as: pound
Word origin: of Latin origin (libra);
Extended 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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3046 is translated
- a litra ×1
- litras ×1
Bible verses with G3046 (lítra)
Lítra appears in 2 verses.
- John 12:3
Then 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 19:39
And 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.