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כִּכֵּר
- Transliteration
- kikkêr
- Pronunciation
- kik-kare'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
talent, talent.
Lexicon definition
a talent
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
Talent
A measure of weight among the ancients, equivalent to sixty maneh, or one hundred and thirteen pounds ten ounces one pennyweight and ten grains. The value of a talent of silver was three hundred and forty-two pounds three shillings and nine-pence, and a talent of gold was equal to five thousand four hundred and seventy-five pounds sterling. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
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- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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- Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H3604, G5007, H3603
- Hebrew
- כִּכֵּר · kikkêr
- Greek
- τάλαντον · talanton
Strong’s and original-language information
H3604
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τάλαντον
- Transliteration
- talanton
- Language
- Greek
- Part of speech
- G:N-N
- Indexed occurrences
- 14
Glosses
talent
Lexicon definition
τάλαντομ, -ον, τ [in LXX for כִּכָּר ;] __1. a balance (Hom.). __2. that which is weighed, a talent; __(a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold); __(b) a sum of money, whether gold or silver, equivalent to a talent in weight (see DB, iii, 418 ff.): Mat.18:24 25:15 ff.† (AS)
A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
Τάλαντον
- Transliteration
- tálanton
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 14
Glosses
talent
Lexicon definition
the scale of a balance; a talent, which as a weight was among the Jews equivalent to 3000 shekels, i.e. as usually estimated, 114lbs. 15dwts. Troy, while the Attic talent, on the usual estimate, was only equal to 56lbs. 11oz. troy; and as a denomination of money, it was equal among the former to 342£. 3s. 9d., or if reckoned of gold, 5,475£., and among the latter to 198£. 15s., or 225£., or 243£. 15s. sterling, according to various estimates, Mat. 18.24; 25.15, 16, 20, 24, 25, 28.
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
כִּכָּר
- Transliteration
- kikkâr
- Pronunciation
- kik-kawr'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 68
Glosses
loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
Lexicon definition
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan
also a (round) loaf
also a talent (or large [round] coin)
also a (round) loaf
also a talent (or large [round] coin)
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
כִּכָּר
- Transliteration
- kikkâr
- Pronunciation
- kik-kawr'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 68
Glosses
a round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, talent, loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
Lexicon definition
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan
also a (round) loaf
also a talent (or large [round] coin)
also a (round) loaf
also a talent (or large [round] coin)
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
כִּכֵּר
- Transliteration
- kikkêr
- Pronunciation
- kik-kare'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 1
Glosses
talent.
Lexicon definition
a talent
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
τάλαντον
- Transliteration
- tálanton
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 14
Glosses
talent
Lexicon definition
equivalent to G5342 (φέρω))
a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or "talent"
a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or "talent"
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
TALENT
a measure of weight among the ancients, equivalent to sixty maneh, or one hundred and thirteen pounds ten ounces one pennyweight and ten grains. The value of a talent of silver was three hundred and forty-two pounds three shillings and nine-pence, and a talent of gold was equal to five thousand four hundred and seventy-five pounds sterling. In the writings of the evangelists, the term is employed to denote the various gifts or opportunities for usefulness which the Lord of heaven confers upon his servants, and for which he will call them to give in their account at the last day, Matt. xxv, 15; Luke xix, 12.
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Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Talent
Indexed occurrences: 14
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Strong's Concordance
Talents
Indexed occurrences: 49
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All Scripture references77 references
Genesis 7
Exodus 7
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
1 Samuel 2
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 7
2 Kings 13
1 Chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 9
Ezra 4
Nehemiah 2
Esther 1
Job 1
Proverbs 1
Jeremiah 1
Zechariah 1
Matthew 10
John 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
TALENT
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for TALENT.
Indexed references: 2
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Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
- Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
- Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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TALENT
Nave’s Topical Bible references for TALENT.
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Captivity
(1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr. 5:26) (B.C. 762), and Tiglath-pileser, in the days of Pekah (B.C. 738), carried away the trans-Jordanic tribes and the inhabitants of Galilee into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; Isa. 9:1). Subsequently Shalmaneser invaded Israel and laid siege to Samaria, the capital of the kingdom. During the siege he died, and was succeeded by Sargon, who took the city, and transported the great mass of the people into Assyria (B.C. 721), placing them in Halah and in Habor, and in the cities of the Medes (2 Kings 17:3, 5). Samaria was never again inhabited by the Israelites. The families thus removed were carried to distant cities, many of them not far from the Caspian Sea, and their place was supplied by colonists from Babylon and Cuthah, etc. (2 Kings 17:24). Thus terminated the kingdom of the ten tribes, after a separate duration of two hundred and fifty-five years (B.C. 975-721). Many speculations have been indulged in with reference to these ten tribes. But we believe that all, except the number that probably allied themselves with Judah and shared in their restoration under Cyrus, are finally lost. "Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river, Like the bubble on the fountain, They are gone, and for ever." (2.) Of Judah. In the third year of Jehoiachim, the eighteenth king of Judah (B.C. 605), Nebuchadnezzar having overcome the Egyptians at Carchemish, advanced to Jerusalem with a great army. After a brief siege he took that city, and carried away the vessels of the sanctuary to Babylon, and dedicated them in the Temple of Belus (2 Kings 24:1; 2 Chr. 36:6, 7; Dan. 1:1, 2). He also carried away the treasures of the king, whom he made his vassal. At this time, from which is dated the "seventy years" of captivity (Jer. 25; Dan. 9:1, 2), Daniel and his companions were carried to Babylon, there to be brought up at the court and trained in all the learning of the Chaldeans. After this, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, a great national fast was appointed (Jer. 36:9), during which the king, to show his defiance, cut up the leaves of the book of Jeremiah's prophecies as they were read to him in his winter palace, and threw them into the fire. In the same spirit he rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 24:1), who again a second time (B.C. 598) marched against Jerusalem, and put Jehoiachim to death, placing his son Jehoiachin on the throne in his stead. But Jehoiachin's counsellors displeasing Nebuchadnezzar, he again a third time turned his army against Jerusalem, and carried away to Babylon a second detachment of Jews as captives, to the number of 10,000 (2 Kings 24:13; Jer. 24:1; 2 Chr. 36:10), among whom were the king, with his mother and all his princes and officers, also Ezekiel, who with many of his companions were settled on the banks of the river Chebar (q.v.). He also carried away all the remaining treasures of the temple and the palace, and the golden vessels of the sanctuary. Mattaniah, the uncle of Jehoiachin, was now made king over what remained of the kingdom of Judah, under the name of Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:17; 2 Chr. 36:10). After a troubled reign of eleven years his kingdom came to an end (2 Chr. 36:11). Nebuchadnezzar, with a powerful army, besieged Jerusalem, and Zedekiah became a prisoner in Babylon. His eyes were put out, and he was kept in close confinement till his death (2 Kings 25:7). The city was spoiled of all that was of value, and then given up to the flames. The temple and palaces were consumed, and the walls of the city were levelled with the ground (B.C. 586), and all that remained of the people, except a number of the poorest class who were left to till the ground and dress the vineyards, were carried away captives to Babylon. This was the third and last deportation of Jewish captives. The land was now utterly desolate, and was abondoned to anarchy. In the first year of his reign as king of Babylon (B.C. 536), Cyrus issued a decree liberating the Jewish captives, and permitting them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the city and the temple (2 Chr. 36:22, 23; Ezra 1; 2). The number of the people forming the first caravan, under Zerubbabel, amounted in all to 42,360 (Ezra 2:64, 65), besides 7,337 men-servants and maid-servants. A considerable number, 12,000 probably, from the ten tribes who had been carried away into Assyria no doubt combined with this band of liberated captives. At a later period other bands of the Jews returned (1) under Ezra (7:7) (B.C. 458), and (2) Nehemiah (7:66) (B.C. 445). But the great mass of the people remained still in the land to which they had been carried, and became a portion of the Jews of the "dispersion" (John 7:35; 1 Pet. 1:1). The whole number of the exiles that chose to remain was probably about six times the number of those who returned.
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Coin
Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they weighed out (Gen. 23:16; Ex. 38:24; 2 Sam. 18:12). Probably the silver ingots used in the time of Abraham may have been of a fixed weight, which was in some way indicated on them. The "pieces of silver" paid by Abimelech to Abraham (Gen. 20:16), and those also for which Joseph was sold (37:28), were proably in the form of rings. The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the Captivity. Only once is a shekel of gold mentioned (1 Chr. 21:25). The "six thousand of gold" mentioned in the transaction between Naaman and Gehazi (2 Kings 5:5) were probably so many shekels of gold. The "piece of money" mentioned in Job 42:11; Gen. 33:19 (marg., "lambs") was the Hebrew kesitah, probably an uncoined piece of silver of a certain weight in the form of a sheep or lamb, or perhaps having on it such an impression. The same Hebrew word is used in Josh. 24:32, which is rendered by Wickliffe "an hundred yonge scheep."
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Malcam
(2 Sam. 12:30, Heb., R.V., "their king;" Jer. 49:1, 3, R.V.; Zeph. 1:5), the national idol of the Ammonites. When Rabbah was taken by David, the crown of this idol was among the spoils. The weight is said to have been "a talent of gold" (above 100 lbs.). The expression probably denotes its value rather than its weight. It was adorned with precious stones.
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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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