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Table of Weights and Measures

and Monetary Units

The following table is based on the best generally accepted information available for biblical weights, measures, and monetary units. All equivalents are approximate. Weights and measures varied somewhat in different times and places in the ancient world. Most weights, measures, and monetary units are also explained in footnotes on the pages where they occur in the ESV text.

Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
bath
A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
1 ephah
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
beka
A beka was about 1/5 ounce or 5.5 grams
10 gerahs
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
cor
A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
10 ephahs
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
cubit
A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
6 handbreadths
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
daric
A daric was a coin of about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
denarius
A denarius was a day's wage for a laborer
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
ephah
An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
10 omers
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
gerah
A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
1/10 beka
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
handbreadth
A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
1/6 cubit
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
hin
A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
1/6 bath
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
homer
A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
10 ephahs
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
kab
A kab was about 1 quart or 1 liter
1/22 ephah
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
lethech
A lethech was about 3 bushels or 110 liters
5 ephahs
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
log
A log was about 1/3 quart or 0.3 liter
1/72 bath
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
mina
A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram
50 shekels
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
omer
An omer was about 2 quarts or 2 liters
1/10 ephah
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
pim
A pim was about 1/3 ounce or 7.5 grams
2/3 shekel
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
seah
A seah was about 7 quarts or 7.3 liters
1/3 ephah
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
shekel
A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
2 bekas
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
span
A span was about 9 inches or 22 centimeters
3 handbreadths
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
stadion
A stadion was about 607 feet or 185 meters
Biblical Unit
Approximate American and Metric Equivalents
Equivalent
talent
A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
60 minas
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