Talent - Biblical Meaning of talent in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as the Hebrew name "kikkar" denotes. A talent of gold was double the weight of a talent of silver (2 Sam. 12:30). Parable of the talents (Matt. 18:24; 25:15). Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'talent' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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