Bible Encyclopedias
Pension
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
pen´shun (1 Esdras 4:56, the King James Version "and he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages"; κλῆρος , klḗros , "allotted portion," usually (here certainly) of lands (the Revised Version (British and American) "lands")): Literally it means simply "payment," and the King James Version seems to have used the word in order to avoid any specialization of klēros . There is no reference to payment for past services. See LOT .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Pension'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/p/pension.html. 1915.