Lexicon litra: a pound (in weight, by Rom. standards) Original Word: λίτρα, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: litra Phonetic Spelling: (lee'-trah) Short Definition: a Roman pound Definition: a Roman pound, of about twelve ounces. HELPS word-Studies 3046 lítra – a Roman pound, about twelve ounces or 327.5 grams (so Souter). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Latin origin Definitiona pound (in weight, by Rom. standards) NASB Translationpound (1), pounds (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3046: λίτραλίτρα, λίτρας, ἡ, a pound, a weight of twelve ounces: John 12:3; John 19:39. ( Polybius 22, 26, 19; Diodorus 14,116, 7; Plutarch, Tib. et G. Grac. 2, 3; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 7, 1; others.)
Strong's pound. Of Latin origin (libra); a pound in weight -- pound. |
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