Easton Bible Dictionary TALENT
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Talent
of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as the Hebrew name kikkar denotes. A talent of gold was double the weight of a talent of silver (2 Sam 12:30). Parable of the talents (Matt 18:24; 25:15).
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