Word study · Greek

mna

mina

Say it: mnah (approximate)

μνᾶ

What it means

A unit of money, about a hundred days' wages. In the parable, the servants are each given a mina to trade with (19:13, 19:16-25). Matthew's similar parable uses talents, a far larger sum.

Range of meaning

  • MinaA sum of money worth about a hundred denarii.

In Luke