KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Measures of weight. Sense 2: Sums of money reckoned in pounds.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Luke 19:13
Complete exact-word concordance
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
And hee called his ten seruants, and deliuered them ten pounds, and said vnto them, Occupy till I come.
1611 marginal noteMina here translated a pound, is twelue ounces and an halfe, which according to fiue shillings the ounce, is 3. pounds two shillings sixe pence.
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 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.
(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
And they said vnto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.
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