Weights and Measures
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,
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)
a liquid measure equal to about one half litre
- lex : a deep cavity, a basin, the smallest of the measures of liquid
- 1/12 of a hin
- לֹג lôg, lohg; from an unused root apparently meaning to deepen or hollow (like H3537); a log or measure for liquids:—log (of oil).
- H3849 matches the Hebrew לֹג (log), which occurs 5 times in 5 verses
- 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.
- jar, large jar (portable)
- H3537 matches the Hebrew כַּד (kad), which occurs 18 times in 17 verses
cab, kab
about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah
- קַב qab, kab; from H6895; a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure:—cab.
- 2 Kings 6:25
- 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)
a unit of measure, about 5 quarts (6 l)
a vessel holding a hin of liquid
- הִין hîyn, heen; probably of Egyptian origin; a hin or liquid measure:—hin.
- H1969 matches the Hebrew הִין (hiyn),which occurs 22 times in 19 verses
- 1/7 of a bath
- 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)
cement, mortar, clay
mortar, cement
clay
mire
heap
swelling, surging (of water)
homer – a unit of dry measure about 65 imperial gallons (300 l)
- 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)
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.
seah,
- a measure of flour or grain
probably equal to 1/3 ephah
- סְאָה çᵉʼâh, seh-aw’; from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain:—measure.
- 9 times in 6 v
ephah (39x in 30v)
a dry measure of quantity,
equal to 3 seahs,
10 omers;
the same as the liquid measure bath;
(about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)
the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount
- 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).
- ephah (34x),measure(s) (6x)
- 40 times in 29 v
Ephah = “gloomy”
a son of Midian
a Judaite, son of Jahdai
a concubine of Caleb in the line of Judah
- 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
half an homer – 5 ephahs
- 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
- Bread
- Oil and WIne