- •Eastons Bible Dictionary
- ••APOCALYPSE the Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).
- •Appendix
- •1. The Old Testament to the Death of Solomon,
- •2. The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel to the Close of the Old Testament.
- •3. Chronology According to the Assyrian Inscriptions.
- •4. Between the Testaments.
- •5. The New Testament History.
- •VI. — WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY
VI. — WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY
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1. Hebrews Measures of Weight..
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EQUIVALENTS |
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IN TROY WEIGHT. |
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lb. |
oz. |
dwt. |
grs. |
Gerah |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Bekah = 10 gerahs |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Shekel = 2 bekahs |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
Maneh (silver = 60 shekels |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Talent |
125 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2. Measures of Length
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ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS |
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ft. |
in. |
Digit (Jeremiah)......................................... |
0 |
0.912 |
Palm = 4 digits (Exodus 25:25)............ |
0 |
3.648 |
Span =3 palms (Exodus 28:16)............. |
0 |
10.944 |
Cubit = 2 spans (Genesis 6:15)............ |
1 |
9.888 |
Pace (2 Samuel 6:13)................................ |
3 |
0 |
Fathom (Acts 27:28)................................ |
6 |
0.8 |
Reed (Ezekiel 40:3-5; 42:16) = 6 cubits |
10 |
11.328 |
Furlong or stadium = 600 Greek feet (58 1/4) feet less than an |
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|
English furlong)........................................ |
606 |
9 |
Mile (Roman) = 1,000 roman paces = 1,618 English yards. |
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Day's Journey (Numbers 11:31; Luke 2:44), ordinarily about 25 to 30 miles, but when the Jews traveled in company, about 10 miles.
3. Measures of Capacity for Liquids.
EQUIVALENTS IN ENGLISH WINE MEASURE.
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galls |
pints |
A caph.......................................................... |
0 |
0.625 |
A log (Leviticus 14:10, etc.................... |
0 |
0.833 |
A cab (mentioned only 2 Kings 6:25) |
0 |
3.33 |
A hin (Exodus 29:40; 30:24; Numbers 15:4, 7, 9) |
1 |
2 |
A seah ("measure," 2 Kings 6:1, 16), called also (Heb.) shalish — i. e. |
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"a third," as being the third part of |
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|
an ephah (Isaiah 40:12; Psalm 80:5)... |
2 |
4 |
A bath, the largest liquid measure (1 King 7:26, 38; 2 Chronicles 2:10; |
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Ezra 7:22; Isaiah 5:10). Same as an ephah (Exodus 16:36; Leviticus 5:11; |
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6:10; Numbers 5:14, etc)........................ |
7 |
4.5 |
A kor, "Which is an homer: (Isaiah 5:10; Ezekiel 45:14) = |
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|
10 ephahs.................................................... |
75 |
5 |
Firkin (John 2:6)....................................... |
9 |
0 |
4. Dry Measures
EQUIVALENT IN
ENGLISH CORN MEASURE.
|
pecks |
galls. |
pints. |
Cab (2 Kings 6:25 = Choenix, "measure"; Revelation 6:6 |
0 |
0 |
2.833 |
Omer (Exodus 16:36) = tenth deal = 1/10 of an |
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|
|
ephah (Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:13) |
0 |
0 |
5.1 |
Seah (plural, "measures," Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel |
|
|
|
25:18; Matthew 13:33) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Ephah = 3 seahs (Ezekiel 45:11) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Letek = 5 ephas (half-homer," Hosea 3:2) |
16 |
0 |
0 |
Homer, called also kor = 2 leteks (Numbers 11:32; Hosea 3:2) |
32 |
0 |
0 |
5, Jewish Money.
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ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS |
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£ |
s. |
d. |
Gerah = 1/20 part of a Shekel (Exodus 30:13) |
0 |
0 |
1.3687 |
Beech = 1/2 shekel (Exodus 38:26) |
0 |
1 |
1.6875 |
Shekel (silver at 5s. per oz, Exodus 30:13; Isaiah 7:23; |
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|
|
Matthew 17:27) |
0 |
2 |
3.375 |
Shekel of gold |
1 |
16 |
6 |
Mane ("pound," 1 Kings 10:17) = 50 shekels |
5 |
14 |
0.75 |
Talent of silver = 60 mannish |
342 |
3 |
9 |
Talent of gold |
5475 |
0 |
0 |
6. Roman Money. |
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ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS. |
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£. |
s. |
d. |
Mite (lepton) —Mark |
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|
12:42 — the smallest |
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|
copper coin = about .46875 |
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|
of an English farthing. |
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Farthing (quadroons; Gr. |
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quadrants) —Matthew 5:26; |
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Mark 12:42 = 2 mites = the fourth of an as. |
0 |
0 |
0 3/4 |
Penny (deaneries = drachma) — Matthew 22:19 |
0 |
0 |
7 1/2 |
Pound (myna) Luke 19:13, 16, 18, etc., = 100 drachmae |
3 |
2 |
6 |
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