Weights and Measures

By Admin July 5, 2016 Uncategorized
 
Lengths
Finger 0.73 inches 1.85 centimeters
Handbreadth (4 fing.) 2.92 inches 7.4 centimeters
Span 9 inches 22.86 centimeters
Cubit 18 inches 45.72 centimeters
Long Cubit 20.4 inches 51.9 centimeters
Fathom 6 feet 1.829 meters
Reed (6 cubits) 8.75 feet 2.73 meters
Furlong 1/8 mi., 660 feet 201.2 meters
Stadion 697 feet 185.4 meters
Sabbath day’s journey 3/5 mile 0.9656 kilometers
Day’s journey 20 miles 32.19 kilometers

 

Weights

Gerah 1/50 ounce 0.567 grams
Bekah (10 gerahs) 1/5 ounce 5.67 grams
Pim (2/3 shekel) 1/3 ounce 9.45 grams
Shekel (2 bekahs) 2/5 ounce 11.34 grams
Mina (50 shekels) 1.25 pounds 0.567 kg.
Talent (60 minas) 75 pounds 34.02 kg.
  Talent Minas Shekels Pim Bekah Gerah
Talent 1 60 3,000 1,999.80 6,000 60,000
Mina   1 50 33.33 100 1,000
Shekels     1 0.667 2 20
Pim     (1.5) 1 3 30
Bekah         1 10
Gerah           1

 Talent

  • round
    • a round district (environs of the Jordan valley)
    • a round loaf (of bread)
    • a round weight, talent (of gold, silver, bronze, iron)
  • כִּכָּר kikkâr, kik-kawr’; from H3769; 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):—loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
    • 68 times in 55 verses
    • talent (48x), plain (12x), loaf (4x), piece (2x), country (1x), morsel (1x).

Shekel

Shekel  is any of several ancient units of weight or of currency.

Initially, it may have referred to a weight of barley.

This shekel was about 180 grains (11 grams or .35 troy ounces).

Liquid Measures
Log 0.65 pints 0.31 liters
Kab (4 logs) 2.6 pints 1.2 liters
Hin (12 logs) 0.98 gallon 3.7 liters
Bath (6 hins) 5.9 gallons 22 liters
Homer (10 baths) 59 gallons 220 liters
Kor (10 baths) 59 gallons 220 liters
Metretes 10 gallons 37.85 liters
 
    cup pint quart liters gallons
log  1 1.2915 0.6457 0.3228 0.3055  0.0807
cab 1/4 (.25)            
hin 1/12 (.083)           
bath 1/72 (.01388)           
homer 1/720 (.00138)          
             
cab 1 5.1660  2.5830 1.2915 1.2222  0.3228
logs 4          
hin 1/3 (.33)          
bath 1/18 (.055)          
homer 1/180 (.0055)          
             
hin 1 15.4980 7.7490 3.8745 3.666  0.96863
log 12          
cab 3          
bath 1/6 (.1666)          
homer  1/60 (.0166)          
             
bath 1 92.9885   46.4942  23.2471 22 5.8117
log 72          
cab 18          
hin 6          
homer 1/10 (.10)          
             
homer[kor] 1 929.8856 464.9428 232.4714 220 58.1178
log 720          
cab 180          
hin 60          
bath 10          
             

 

log (5x in 5v)

  1. a liquid measure equal to about one half litre

  2. lex : a deep cavity, a basin, the smallest of the measures of liquid
  3. 1/12 of a hin
  4. לֹג lôg, lohg; from an unused root apparently meaning to deepen or hollow (like H3537); a log or measure for liquids:—log (of oil).
    1. H3849 matches the Hebrew לֹג (log), which occurs 5 times in 5 verses
    2. H3537 כַּד kad, kad; from an unused root meaning to deepen; properly, a pail; but generally of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes:—barrel, pitcher.
      1. jar, large jar (portable)
      2. H3537 matches the Hebrew כַּד (kad), which occurs 18 times in 17 verses

cab, kab

  1. about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah

  2. קַב qab, kab; from H6895; a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure:—cab. 
  3. 2 Kings 6:25
    1. And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for 5 pieces of silver.

hin (22x in 19v)

  1. a unit of measure, about 5 quarts (6 l)

  2. a vessel holding a hin of liquid

  3. הִין hîyn, heen; probably of Egyptian origin; a hin or liquid measure:—hin.
  4. H1969 matches the Hebrew הִין (hiyn),which occurs 22 times in 19 verses
  5. 1/7 of a bath
  6. 12 roman sectarii

bath, (6x in 4v)

  • a unit of liquid measure,
  • equal to dry measure ephah
  • (about 9 imperial gallons or 40 litres, rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)
  • 10 baths = 1 homer
  • בַּת bath, bath; probably from the same as H1327; a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids:—bath.
    • H1324 matches the Hebrew בַּת (bath),which occurs 13 times in 8 verses

homer (11x in 6v)

  1. cement, mortar, clay

    1. mortar, cement

    2. clay

    3. mire

  2. heap

    1. swelling, surging (of water)

  3. homer – a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)

    1. חֹמֶר chômer, kho’mer; from H2560; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure:—clay, heap, homer, mire, motion

 

Dry Measures
Kab (1/18 ephah) 2.6 pints 1.2 liters
Omer | Sheaf (1/10 ephah) 2.3 quarts 2.2 liters
Seah (1/3 ephah) 7.7 quarts 7.3 liters
Ephah (10 omers) 0.63 bushels (5.9 gal) 22 liters
Lethech (5 ephaths) 3.16 bushels (29 gal) 110 liters
Homer (10 ephaths) 6.33 bushels (59 gal) 220 liters
Kor (10 ephaths) 6.33 bushels (59 gal) 220 liters

 

omer, sheaf (used for wave offerings)

  1. a dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 litres)

    עֹמֶר ʻômer, o’-mer; from H6014; properly, a heap, i.e. a sheaf; also an omer, as a dry measure:—omer, sheaf.

    1. sheaf (8x),omer (6x)
    2. 14x in 14v

seah,

  • a measure of flour or grain

  1. probably equal to 1/3 ephah

  2. סְאָה çᵉʼâh, seh-aw’; from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain:—measure.
  3. 9 times in 6 v

ephah (39x in 30v)

  1. a dry measure of quantity,

  2. equal to 3 seahs,

  3. 10 omers;

  4. the same as the liquid measure bath;

  5. (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)

  6. the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount

  7. אֵיפָה ʼêyphâh, ay-faw’; or (shortened) אֵפָה ʼêphâh ; of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general:—ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
    1. ephah (34x),measure(s) (6x)
    2. 40 times in 29 v

Ephah = “gloomy”

  1. a son of Midian

    1. a Judaite, son of Jahdai

    2. a concubine of Caleb in the line of Judah

    3. עֵיפָה ʻÊyphâh, ay-faw’; the same as H5890; Ephah, the name of a son of Midian, and of the region settled by him; also of an Israelite and of an Israelitess:—Ephah.

lethach

  • barley-measure

  1. half an homer – 5 ephahs

  2. לֶתֶךְ lethek, leh’-thek; from an unused root of uncertain meaning; a measure for things dry:—half homer.

 

Money
Denarius Day’s wage  
Drachma Est. 0.035 oz. silver Est. 1 gram silver
Didrachma (2 Drach.) Est. 0.07 oz. silver Est. 2 grams silver
Talent, silver Approx. 100 lb Approx. 45.4 kg
Talent, silver (Alternate) Approx. 50 lb Approx. 22.7 kg
Talent, gold Approx. 120 lb Approx. 54.4 kg
Talent, gold (Alternate) Approx. 60 lb Approx. 27.2 kg

 

 

Time
Sunrise 6 AM 06:00
First hour 7 AM 07:00
Second hour 8 AM 08:00
Third hour 9 AM 09:00
Fourth hour 10 AM 10:00
Fifth hour 11 AM 11:00
Sixth hour Noon 12:00
Seventh hour 1 PM 13:00
Eighth hour 2 PM 14:00
Ninth hour 3 PM 15:00
Tenth hour 4 PM 16:00
Eleventh hour 5 PM 17:00
Sunset 6 PM 18:00
First watch of night 6 PM – 9 PM 18:00 – 21:00
Second watch 9 PM – midnight 21:00 – 00:00
Third watch Midnight – 3 AM 00:00 – 03:00
Fourth watch 3 AM – 6 AM 03:00 – 06:00