ΤΑΛΑΝΤΟΝ, ταλαντον
TALANTON, talanton
Sounds Like: TA-lan-ton
Translations: talent, a talent, sum of money, weight
From the root: ΤΑΛΑΝΤΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: A talent was a significant unit of weight and, by extension, a large sum of money in ancient times. It was the largest unit of weight and currency, typically equivalent to about 60 minas or 6,000 denarii. It could refer to a specific weight of a metal like gold or silver, or to a large amount of money. In parables, it often represents a substantial entrusted amount or responsibility.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5007 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 25:39, 39:5
- 2 Samuel — 12:30
- 1 Kings — 21:39
- 2 Kings — 5:22
- 1 Chronicles — 20:2
- 2 Chronicles — 36:3
- Zechariah — 5:7
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΤΑΛΑΝΤΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΛΑΝΤΑ — talents, a talent, (of) talents, (to) talents
- ΤΑΛΑΝ — talent, a talent, (of) a talent, (to) a talent
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΑ — talents, a talent
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΙΑΙΑ — of a talent, a talent in weight, weighing a talent
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΙΑΙΟΙ — weighing a talent, of a talent's weight, a talent's weight
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΙΑΙΟΣ — of a talent, weighing a talent, worth a talent
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΟΙΣ — (to) talents, (to) a talent
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΟΥ — of a talent, of a sum of money, of a weight
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΩ — to a talent, to a sum of money, to a weight
- ΤΑΛΑΝΤΩΝ — of talents, of a talent
- ΤΑΛΑΤΑ — talents, a talent
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