noun · feminine

litras

Greekλίτρα (litra)

Strong’sG3046

a Roman pound

stem litr-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

pound1×pounds1×

What it means

*† λίτρα, -ας, ἡ

(cf. Lat. libra),

1. a Sicilian coin = Rom. libra or as.

2. In weight, a pound: Jo 12:3 19:39.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3046 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlee'-trah

a pound in weight

Fromof Latin origin (libra);

King Jamespound.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	litras	litrais
object accusative	litran1×λίτραν	litrain1×λίτρας
direct address vocative	litrar	litrair
of, belonging to genitive	litrau	litraiu
to, for dative	litra	litrai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

litrstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

litra is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

litran“pound”objectaccusative singular1×

John 12:3“pound”tas oun Mariam lambaratas litran mureu nardau pistikau polutimau aleifata toin podoin tou Iēsu kai ekmassata tai thrixai autau toin podoin autou; tas de oikias plērita ek tau osmau teu mureu.Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

litrain“pounds”objectaccusative plural1×

John 19:39“pounds”erchata de kai Nikodēmos, tos ercharatos pros auton nuxau tem prōtem, ferarōtos migmem smurnau kai aloau hōs litrain hekaton.Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.