STRONGS H4488:
Abbreviations
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מָנֶה noun masculine maneh, mina, a weight (perhaps originally
a specific part; Late Hebrew
id.; Assyrian
manû Dl
HWB 417; Aramaic
,
מַנְיָא); —
מ׳ Ezekiel 45:12;
מָנִים 1 Kings 10:17 +
3 times; = 50 shekels
Ezekiel 45:12 (on
חֲמִשִּׁים for
חֲמִשָּׁה see Hi Co); of gold
1 Kings 10:17; of silver
Ezra 2:69;
Nehemiah 7:71,
72. — The weight of the mina was 1/60 of talent; i.e. according to older (Babylonian) standard, 982.2 grammes (= 60 shekels at approximately 16.37 g.) = approximately 2 lbs.; in Ezekiel's time the mina = 50 shekels = 818.6 g. = approximately 1 2/3 lb. (compare
H3603 כִּכָּר,
H8255 שֶׁקֶל). See J. Benz
Archaeology 187 ff. 194Now
Archaeology i. 208 f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
1 Kings
10:17; 10:17
Ezra
2:69
Nehemiah
7:71; 7:72
Ezekiel
45:12; 45:12