τάλαντον,
ταλάντου,
τό (
ΤΑΛΑΩ,
ΤΛΑΩ (to bear));
1. the scale of a balance, a balance, a pair of scales (
Homer).
2. that which is weighed,
a talent, i. e.
a. a weight, varying in different places and times.
b. a sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating the currency; the Attic talent was equal to 60 Attic minae or 6,000 drachmae, and worth about 200 pounds sterling or 1,000 dollars (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 b.). But in the N. T. probably the Syrian talent is referred to, which was equal to about 237 dollars (but see
BB. DD., under the word ):
Matthew 18:24;
Matthew 25:15f (Matthew 25:18 Lachmann), Matthew 25:20,22,24f,28. (The Sept. for כִּכָּר, Luth. Centner, the heaviest Hebrew weight; on which see Kneucker in Schenkel v., p. 460f; (BB. DD., under the word ).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Matthew
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18:24; 25:15; 25:18; 25:20; 25:22; 25:24; 25:28
