UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: λίτρα; -ας

Sense 1: pound, pint

Semantic entry: 86.4

Semantic domains: Weight

Subdomains: Pound, Talent [Specific Units of Weight]

Definition: a Roman pound, weighing about twelve ounces or about 325 grams

Notes: In speaking of perfume in OET JHN 12:3 it may be far better to indicate quantity rather than weight, and therefore one may translate ‘then Mary took a pint of perfume.’ In translating λίτρα in the NT, one need not identify the pound as being ‘a Roman pound.’ It is better to employ a common term for pound (normally weighing sixteen ounces) or to provide a rounded-off equivalent of the amount in metric units, for example, three hundred grams or one-half liter.

Further resources: realia:11.1.5

Show passage in OET: JHN 12:3

OET-RV JHN 12:3

3 Then Miryam (Grk. Maria /Mariam) took about 300g of very expensive nard oil and smeared it on Yeshua’s feet, and then wiped off his feet with her own hair, and the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

OET-LV JHN 12:3

3 Therefore the Maria/(Miryām) having _taken a_litra_weight of _ointment of_ precious genuine _nard, anointed the feet of_ the _Yaʸsous, and wiped _off the feet of _him with _the hairs of _her, and the house was _filled with the aroma of _the ointment.

Show passage in OET: JHN 19:39

OET-RV JHN 19:39

39 Nikodemos (the one who had first visited Yeshua at night) also came, bringing around 30kg of burial spices.

OET-LV JHN 19:39

39 And Nikodaʸmos also came, the one having _come to him at _the first by _night, bringing a_wrapping of _myrrh and aloe, about a_hundred pounds.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

λίτρα

Form 1

Sense 1: pound, pint