Lexical Summary litra: a pound (in weight, by Rom. standards) Original Word: λίτραTransliteration: litra Phonetic Spelling: (lee'-trah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a pound (in weight, by Rom. standards) Meaning: a pound (in weight, by Roman standards) Strong's Concordance pound. Of Latin origin (libra); a pound in weight -- pound. Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |