G5007 – talanton – τάλαντον – talent
- Strong’s ID:
- G5007
- Greek Word:
- τάλαντον
- Transliteration:
- talanton
- Pronunciation:
- tal’-an-ton
- Part of Speech:
- noun neuter
- Usage Count:
- 15
- Search:
- Find “talanton” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of τλαω tlao (to bear; equivalent to G5342); a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or “talent”:—talent.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) the scale of a balance, a balance, a pair of scales
2) that which is weighed, a talent
2a) a weight varying in different places and times
2b) a sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency
2b1) the Attic talent was equal to 60 Attic minae or 6000 drachmae
2b2) a talent of silver in Israel weighed about 100 pounds (45 kg)
2b3) a talent of gold in Israel weighed about 200 pounds (91 kg)
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.