Lexical Summary
mna: Mina
Original Word: μνᾶ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: mna
Pronunciation: mnä
Phonetic Spelling: (mnah)
KJV: pound
NASB: minas, mina
Word Origin: [of Latin origin]
1. a mna (i.e. mina), a certain weight
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
pound, mina
Of Latin origin; a mna (i.e. Mina), a certain weight -- pound.
HELPS Word-studies
3414 mná (from the Latin, "mina") – the Greek silver-ingot (monetary weight) weighing about 1/A of a talent (approximately 13 ounces). See also 1220 /dēnárion ("denarius") and 1406/dramē ("drachma").
One mina was equivalent to 100 denarii (= one hundred days' wages for the common worker).
Reflection: The Lord requires 100% faithfulness from each person – and rewards this equally, regardless of earthly achievements. See also Lk 17:6; 2 Pet 1:1.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originof Semitic origin
manehDefinitiona mina (Gr. monetary unit)
NASB Translationmina (4), minas (5).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3414: μνᾶμνᾶ,
μνᾶς,
ἡ, a word of Eastern origin (cf. Schrader, Keilinschriften as above with, p. 143), Arabic