Table of Weights and Measures
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WEIGHTS |
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Biblical Unit |
Language |
Biblical Measure |
U.S. Equivalent |
Metric Equivalent |
English Translations |
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Gerah |
Hebrew |
1∕20 shekel |
1∕50 ounce |
.6 gram |
gerah |
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Bekah |
Hebrew |
1∕2 shekel or 10 gerahs |
1∕5 ounce |
5.7 grams |
half a shekel; 2∕5 of an ounce |
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Pim |
Hebrew |
2∕3 shekel |
1∕3 ounce |
7.6 grams |
file |
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Shekel |
Hebrew |
2 bekahs |
2∕5 ounce |
11.5 grams |
shekel |
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Litra (pound) |
Greco-Roman |
30 shekels |
12 ounces |
.4 kilogram |
pound |
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Mina |
Hebrew/Greek |
50 shekels |
11∕4 pounds |
.6 kilogram |
pound; maneh |
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Talent |
Hebrew/Greek |
3,000 shekels or 60 minas |
75 pounds/88 pounds |
34 kilograms/40 kilograms |
talent |
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LENGTH |
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Tophach |
Hebrew |
1∕6 cubit or 1∕3 span |
3 inches |
8 centimeters |
handbreadth |
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Zereth |
Hebrew |
1∕2 cubit or 3 handbreadths |
9 inches |
23 centimeters |
span |
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Cubit/Pechys |
Hebrew/Greek |
2 spans |
18 inches |
.5 meter |
cubit; measure |
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Orguia |
Greco-Roman |
4 cubits |
2 yards |
2 meters |
fathom |
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Kalamos |
Greco-Roman |
6 cubits |
3 yards |
3 meters |
reed; pen |
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Stadion |
Greco-Roman |
1∕8 milion or 400 cubits |
1∕8 mile |
185 meters |
furlong; race |
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Milion |
Greco-Roman |
8 stadia |
1,620 yards |
1.5 kilometers |
mile |
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DRY MEASURE |
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Biblical Unit |
Language |
Biblical Measure |
U.S. Equivalent |
Metric Equivalent |
English Translations |
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Xestes |
Greco-Roman |
1/2 cab |
11/6 pints |
.5 liter |
pot |
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Cab |
Hebrew |
1/18 ephah |
1 quart |
1 liter |
cab |
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Choinix |
Greco-Roman |
1/18 ephah |
1 quart |
1 liter |
measure |
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Omer |
Hebrew |
1/10 ephah |
2 quarts |
2 liters |
omer; sheaf |
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Seah/Saton |
Hebrew/Greek |
1/3 ephah |
7 quarts |
7.3 liters |
measure |
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Modios |
Greco-Roman |
4 omers |
1 peck or 1/4 bushel |
9 liters |
bushel |
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Ephah [Bath] |
Hebrew |
10 omers |
3/5 bushel |
22 liters |
ephah; measure |
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Lethek |
Hebrew |
5 ephahs |
3 bushels |
110 liters |
half homer |
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Kor [Homer] Koros |
Hebrew/Greek |
10 ephahs |
6 bushels or 200 quarts |
220 liters |
measure; cor |
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LIQUID MEASURE |
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Log |
Hebrew |
1/72 bath |
1/3 quart |
.3 liter |
log |
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Xestes |
Greco-Roman |
1/8 hin |
11/6 pints |
.5 liter |
pot |
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Hin |
Hebrew |
1/6 bath |
1 gallon or 4 quarts |
4 liters |
hin |
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Bath/Batos |
Hebrew/Greek |
1 ephah |
6 gallons |
22 liters |
bath; measure |
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Metretes |
Greco-Roman |
10 hins |
10 gallons |
39 liters |
firkin |