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Definition of Maneh
1. n. A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver.
Definition of Maneh
1. Noun. An obsolete unit of Hebrew currency, larger than a shekel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Maneh
1. a Greek weight [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maneh
Literary usage of Maneh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Babylonians and Assyrians: Life and Customs by Archibald Henry Sayce (1899)
"The maneh was originally a weight more than one kind of which was in use: (1)
The heavy ... however, the heavy maneh weighed 787 grammes; the light maneh, ..."
2. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"We conclude the unite having these respective relation* to the maneh of the heavy
... „If maneh 266.4 2 Л maneh 682 8 «0 30 maneh 16984 8600 1.800 во Talent ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible by John D. Davis (1911)
"Hebrew maneh (I Kin. x. 17) ; 2. Greek Mna (1 Mac. xiv. Bronze and Stone Weights
in the form of Lions and Ducks. They were used by Tradespeople In Nineveh. ..."
4. History of Jewish Coinage, and of Money in the Old and New Testament by Frederic William Madden (1864)
"We conclude the units having these respective relations to the maneh of the ...
According to Dr. Hincks, the maneh of the lighter talent was divided into ..."
5. The Story of the Alphabet by Edward Clodd (1900)
"maneh weight. is on the eleventh lion, which weighs a little over twenty ounces,
... represents a maneh, a Hebrew weight used in estimating gold and silver, ..."
6. Eastern arts and antiquities mentioned in the sacred Scriptures (1840)
"MINA, OR maneh. In the prophecies of Ezekiel we read the following verse:—" And
the shekel shall be twenty gerahs : twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, ..."
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