KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A standard measure of weight. Sense 2: A money of account whose value differs by country.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Kings 10:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold, three pound of gold went to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forrest of Lebanon.
1611 marginal noteChap. 7.2.
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
They gaue after their abilitie, vnto the treasure of the worke, threescore and one thousand drammes of golde, and fiue thousand pound of siluer, and one hundred priests garments.
1611 marginal note1.Chron. 26.20.
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
And some of the chiefe of the fathers gaue to the treasure of the worke twentie thousand drammes of golde, and two thousand and two hundred pound of siluer.
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.
And that which the rest of the people gaue, was twentie thousand drammes of gold, and two thousand pound of siluer, and threescore and seuen priests garments.
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained fiue pounds.
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound which I haue kept layd vp in a napkin:
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
And he said vnto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and giue it to him that hath ten pounds.
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
Then tooke Mary a pound of ointment, of Spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Iesus, & wiped his feet with her haire: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Iesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrhe and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A standard weight. A money of account, whose value differs in different countries.
