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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56580" /> ==
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_144263" /> ==
<p> <b> MINA. </b> —See Money. </p>
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) See Myna. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas. </p>
          
          
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61579" /> ==
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61579" /> ==
<p> MI'NA, n. L. mina. A weight or denomination of money. The mina of the Old [[Testament]] was valued at sixty shekels. The [[Greek]] or Attic mina, was valued at a hundred drachmas, about f2. l7s.sterling, .44 cents. </p>
<p> MI'NA, n. L. mina. A weight or denomination of money. The mina of the Old [[Testament]] was valued at sixty shekels. The [[Greek]] or Attic mina, was valued at a hundred drachmas, about f2. l7s.sterling, .44 cents. </p>
          
          
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_144263" /> ==
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56580" /> ==
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) See Myna. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas. </p>
<p> <b> MINA. </b> —See Money. </p>
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6450" /> ==
<p> ''''' mı̄´na ''''' . See [[Maneh]] . </p>
          
          
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51104" /> ==
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51104" /> ==
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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1):

(n.) See Myna.

(2):

(n.) An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.

King James Dictionary [2]

MI'NA, n. L. mina. A weight or denomination of money. The mina of the Old Testament was valued at sixty shekels. The Greek or Attic mina, was valued at a hundred drachmas, about f2. l7s.sterling, .44 cents.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [3]

MINA. —See Money.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]

(in Greek μνᾶ, A.V. "pound"), a weight and coin which, according to the Attic standard, was equivalent to 100 drachmae (Plutarch, Solon, 16; Pliny, 21:109) or Roman denarii, i.e. (estimating the average value at the time of Christ) about $16. It is the sum named in the parable of Luke 19:13 sq., where the amount of 100 mince is therefore some $1600. On the other hand, the mina mentioned in 1 Maccabees 14:24 (comp. 15:18) is a weight, and (as being originally equivalent to the Heb. shekel) it may be reckoned at 8220 Paris grains (Bickh, Metrol. Untersuch. page 124); and the sum of 1000 mince of gold would then amount to about $16,910. (See Money).

Different from this is the Heb. maneh (מָנֶה ), originally likewise a weight, but used of the precious metals, and hence ultimately determining the value of coin. The word has perhaps an etymological connection with the Greek mina. (See Metrology).

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