KJV dictionary & concordance
A large unit of weight, used for money or precious metal.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Exodus 25:39
Complete exact-word concordance
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.
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.
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Historical English dictionary sources
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.
