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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61579" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61579" /> == | ||
<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> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56580" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56580" /> == | ||
<p> <b> | <p> <b> MINA. </b> —See Money. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51104" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51104" /> == | ||
<p> (in Greek μνᾶ, | <p> (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]]). </p> <p> 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]]). </p> | ||
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