| Easton's Bible Dictionary Portion (Ezek. 45:12), rendered "pound" (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71, 72), a weight variously estimated, probably about 2 1/2 or 3 lbs. A maneh of gold consisted of a hundred common shekels (q.v.). (Comp. 1 Kings 10:17, and 2 Chronicles 9:16). Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MANEH; MINA man'-e, or mi'-na (maneh; mna, "pound" (English Versions of the Bible)): A weight containing 50 shekels, according to Hebrew usage, but which varied according to the standard adopted. Estimated on the Phoenician, or commercial, standard, it was equal to 11,200 grains, or about 2 lbs. troy, or about 1, 6 lbs. avoirdupois. This is probably the weight intended in 1 Kings 10:17 Ezra 2:69 and Nehemiah 7:71 (see WEIGHTS AND MEASURES). When used in a monetary sense, the maneh of silver was worth about 6 pounds 17 shillings, or USD34 (in 1915); the gold maneh was equal to about 102 pounds 10 shillings, or USD510 (in 1915).
H. Porter | Multi-Version Concordance Maneh (1 Occurrence) Ezekiel 45:12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS) |