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talent

Meaning of “talent”

A large unit of weight, used for money or precious metal.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
14 occurrences14 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 25:39

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Exodus 25:39
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
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1611 witness · Exodus 25:39 · retained source text

Of a talent of pure gold shall hee make it, with all these vessels.

Exodus 38:27
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
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1611 witness · Exodus 38:27 · retained source text

And of the hundred talents of siluer, were cast the sockets of the Sanctuary, and the sockets of the vaile: an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

2 Samuel 12:30
And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 12:30 · retained source text

And he tooke their kings crowne from off his head (the weight whereof was a talent of gold, with the precious stones) and it was set on Dauids head, and he brought forth the spoile of the citie in great abundance.

1611 marginal noteHebr. very great.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 20.2.

1 Kings 20:39
And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:39 · retained source text

And as the king passed by, he cried vnto the king: and he saide, Thy seruant went out into the mids of the battell, and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man vnto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any meanes he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of siluer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. weigh

2 Kings 5:22
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 5:22 · retained source text

And he said, All is well: my master hath sent me, saying, Behold, euen now there be come to mee from mount Ephraim two yong men, of the sonnes of the Prophets: Giue them, I pray thee, a talent of siluer, and two changes of garments.

2 Kings 23:33
And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
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And Pharaoh Nechoh put him in bandes at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reigne in Ierusalem, and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of siluer, and a talent of golde.

1611 marginal noteOr, because he reigned.

1611 marginal noteHeb. set a mulct vpon the land.

1 Chronicles 20:2
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 20:2 · retained source text

And Dauid tooke the crowne of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it, and it was set vpon Dauids head; and hee brought also exceeding much spoile out of the city.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the weight of.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 12.26.

2 Chronicles 36:3
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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And the king of Egypt put him downe at Ierusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of siluer, and a talent of gold.

1611 marginal noteHebr. remooued him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mulcted.

Zechariah 5:7
And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.
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And behold, there was lift vp a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the Ephah.

1611 marginal noteOr, weighey piece.

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The Attic talent the weight, contained 60 Attic minae, or 6000 Attic drachmae, equal to 56 pounds, eleven ounces, English troy weight. […] But the Hebrew talent of silver, called cicar, was equivalent to three thousand shekels, or one hundred and thirteen pounds, ten ounces and a fraction, troy weight.

volume 2, leaf 734, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 76)