Jewish Weights
Unit: Talent
Weight: c. 75 pounds for common talent, c. 150 pounds for royal talent
Equivalents: 60 minas; 3,000 shekels
Translation: talent
Unit: Mina
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Equivalents: 50 shekels
Translations mina
Unit: Shekel
Weight: c. 0.4 ounce (11.4 grams) for common shekel, c. 0.8 ounce for royal shekel
Equivalents: 2 bekas; 20 gerahs
Translation: shekel
Unit: Beka
Weight: c. 0.2 ounce (5.7 grams)
Equivalents: 1/2 shekel; 10 gerahs
Translation: half a shekel
Unit: Gerah
Weight: c. 0.02 ounce (0.57 grams)
Equivalents: 1/20 shekel
Translation: gerah
Roman Weight
Unit: Litra
Weight: 12 ounces
Translation: pound
Measures of Length
Unit: Day’s journey
Length: c. 20 miles
Translation: day’s journey
Unit: Roman mile
Length: 4,854 feet
Equivalents: 8 stadia
Translation: mile
Unit: Sabbath day’s journey
Length: 3,637 feet
Equivalents: 6 stadia
Translation: Sabbath day’s journey
Unit: Stadion
Length: 606 feet
Equivalents: 1/8 Roman mile
Translation: furlong
Unit: Rod
Length: 9 feet (10.5 feet in Ezekiel)
Equivalents: 3 paces; 6 cubits
Translations: measuring rod, reed
Unit: Fathom
Length: 6 feet
Equivalents: 4 cubits
Translation: fathom
Unit: Pace
Length: 3 feet
Equivalents: 1/3 rod; 2 cubits
Translation: pace
Unit: Cubit
Length: 18 inches
Equivalents: 1/2 pace; 2 spans
Translation: cubit
Unit: Span
Length: 9 inches
Equivalents: 1/2 cubit; 3 handbreadths
Translation: span
Unit: Handbreadth
Length: 3 inches
Equivalents: 1/3 span; 4 fingers
Translation: handbreadth
Unit: Finger
Length: 0.75 inches
Equivalents: 1/4 handbreadth
Translation: finger
Liquid Measures
Unit: Kor
Measure: 60 gallons
Equivalents: 10 baths
Translation: kor
Unit: Metretes
Measure: 10.2 gallons
Translation: gallons
Unit: Bath
Measure: 6 gallons
Equivalents: 6 hins
Translations: measure, bath
Unit: Hin
Measure: 1 gallon
Equivalents: 2 kabs
Translation: hin
Unit: Kab
Measure: 2 quarts
Equivalents: 4 logs
Translation: kab
Unit: Log
Measure: 1 pint
Equivalents: 1/4 kab
Translation: log
Dry Measures
Unit: Homer
Measure: 6.52 bushels
Equivalents: 1 kor; 10 ephahs
Translation: homer
Unit: Kor
Measure: 6.52 bushels
Equivalents: 1 homer; 10 ephahs
Translations: kor, measure
Unit: Lethech
Measure: 3.26 bushels
Equivalents: 1/2 kor; 1/2 homer
Translation: half homer
Unit: Ephah
Measure: 0.65 bushel, 20.8 quarts
Equivalents: 1/10 homer
Translation: ephah
Unit: Modius
Measure: 7.68 quarts
Translation: basket
Unit: Seah
Measure: 7 quarts
Equivalents: 1/3 ephah
Translation: measure
Unit: Omer
Measure: 2.08 quarts
Equivalents: 1/10 ephah; 1 4/5 kab
Translation: omer
Unit: Kab
Measure: 1.16 quarts
Equivalents: 4 logs
Translation: kab
Unit: Choenix
Measure: 1 quart
Translation: measure
Unit: Xestes
Measure: 1 1/6 pints
Translation: pot
Unit: Log
Measure: 0.58 pint
Equivalents: 1/4 kab
Translation: log
For a table of monetary units, see “Money in the New Testament” at Rev. 16:21.