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Lexicon :: Strong's G5007 - talanton

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τάλαντον
Transliteration
talanton (Key)
Pronunciation
tal'-an-ton
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of the original form of tlao (to bear, equivalent to φέρω (G5342))
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Strong’s Definitions

τάλαντον tálanton, tal'-an-ton; neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of τλάω tláō (to bear; equivalent to G5342); a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or "talent":—talent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G5007 in the following manner: talent (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G5007 in the following manner: talent (15x).

  1. the scale of a balance, a balance, a pair of scales

  2. that which is weighed, a talent

    1. a weight varying in different places and times

    2. a sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency

      1. the Attic talent was equal to 60 Attic minae or 6000 drachmae

      2. a talent of silver in Israel weighed about 100 pounds (45 kg)

      3. a talent of gold in Israel weighed about 200 pounds (91 kg)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τάλαντον tálanton, tal'-an-ton; neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of τλάω tláō (to bear; equivalent to G5342); a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or "talent":—talent.
STRONGS G5007:
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 ).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
18:24; 25:15; 25:18; 25:20; 25:22; 25:24; 25:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5007 matches the Greek τάλαντον (talanton),
which occurs 47 times in 36 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:39 - “It shall be made from a [fn]talent of pure gold, with all these utensils.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 -

All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was [fn]29 talents and [fn]730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:25 - The silver of those of the congregation who were [fn]numbered was [fn]100 talents and [fn]1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - One hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; one hundred bases for one hundred talents, a talent for a base.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:30 - Then he took the crown of [fn]their king from his head; and its weight was a [fn]talent of gold, and in it [fn]was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in a very great amount.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:14 - And Hiram sent to the king [fn]120 talents of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:28 - And they went to Ophir and took from there 420 talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - Then she gave the king [fn]120 talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 -

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - And he bought the hill [fn]Samaria from Shemer for two [fn]talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built [fn]Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - Now it happened that as the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a [fn]talent of silver.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - Then the king of Aram said, “Go [fn]now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went and took in his hand [fn]ten talents of silver and [fn]six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - And he said, “All is at peace. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:19 -

Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul one thousand [fn]talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong. Turn away from me; whatever penalty you give to me I will bear.” So the king of Assyria set a penalty on Hezekiah king of Judah [fn]three hundred talents of silver and [fn]thirty talents of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred [fn]talents of silver and one talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 -

Then the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David. So Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent [fn]1,000 talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2 - Then David took the crown of [fn]their king from his head; and he found it to weigh a [fn]talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in a very great amount.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Now behold, [fn]with great pains I have prepared for the house of Yahweh 100,000 [fn]talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for [fn]they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - namely, [fn]3,000 talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and [fn]7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the [fn]buildings;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 [fn]darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 -

And he made the [fn]room of the Holy of Holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to [fn]600 talents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Huram by the hand of his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there [fn]450 talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king [fn]120 talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. There had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 -

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - And he hired also 100,000 mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred [fn]talents of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9 - Then Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “Yahweh has much more to give you than this.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought also with the king of the sons of Ammon and prevailed over them. So the sons of Ammon gave him during that year [fn]100 talents of silver, [fn]10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 of barley. The sons of Ammon also brought back to him this amount in the second and in the third year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3 - Then the king of Egypt had him removed in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred [fn]talents of silver and one talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:22 -

even up to [fn]100 talents of silver, [fn]100 kors of wheat, [fn]100 baths of wine, [fn]100 baths of oil, and salt without written order.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:26 - Thus I weighed into their hands [fn]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:7 - And drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If it seems good to the king, let it be written down that they should perish, and I will pay [fn]10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who do this work, to bring into the king’s treasuries.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of silver that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries to cause the Jews to perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - (and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah.”
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