Lexical Summary talanton: a balance, that which is weighed, a talent (about 3000 shekels in weight) Original Word: τάλαντονTransliteration: talanton Phonetic Spelling: (tal'-an-ton) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a balance, that which is weighed, a talent (about 3000 shekels in weight) Meaning: a balance, that which is weighed, a talent (about 3000 shekels in weight) Strong's Concordance talent. Neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of tlao (to bear; equivalent to phero); a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or "talent" -- talent. see GREEK phero Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5007: τάλαντοντάλαντον, ταλάντου, τό (ΤΑΛΑΩ, ΤΛΑΩ (to bear)); 1. the scale of a balance, a balance, a pair of scales (Homer). 2. that which is weighed, a talent, i. e. a. a weight, varying in different places and times. b. a sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating the currency; the Attic talent was equal to 60 Attic minae or 6,000 drachmae, and worth about 200 pounds sterling or 1,000 dollars (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 b.). But in the N. T. probably the Syrian talent is referred to, which was equal to about 237 dollars (but see BB. DD., under the word |
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