Biblical Units
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Biblical Unit |
Alternate Biblical unit |
Approximate English Unit |
Approximate Metric Unit |
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Volume/Dry |
Ephah |
~ 1bath |
.5 bushel |
17.6 liters |
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cor/homer |
10 ephah |
5 bushels |
182 liters |
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Lethek or lethech |
5 ephahs |
2.5 bushels |
91 liters |
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seah |
1/3 ephah |
5 quarts |
6 liters |
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omer/issaron |
1/10 ephah |
2 quarts |
2 liters |
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cab, kab |
1/22 ephah |
1 quart |
1.3 liters |
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choinix |
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1 quart |
1.1 liters |
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modius |
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1 peck |
8.5 liters |
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saton |
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5 quarts |
6 liters |
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Volume/Liquid |
bath |
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5.5 gallons |
20.8 liters |
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hin |
1/6 bath |
1 gallon |
3.8 liters |
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log |
1/72 bath |
.3 quart |
.3 liter |
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metretes |
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10 gallons |
37.9 liters |
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sextarius/xestes |
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1.2 pints |
552 milliliters |
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Weight |
beka |
½ shekel |
.2 ounce |
5.7 grams |
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talent |
60 minas |
75 pounds |
34 kilograms |
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mina |
1/60 talent |
1.25 pounds |
600 grams |
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shekel |
2 bekas |
.4 ounce |
11.4 grams |
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pim |
2/3 shekel |
.25 ounce |
8 grams |
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gerah |
1/10 beka |
.02 ounce |
.6 gram |
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litra |
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12 ounces |
327 grams |
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Distance |
long cubit (in Ezekiel) |
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20.5 inches |
52.1 centimeters |
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cubit |
6 handbreadths |
17.5 inches |
44.5 centimeters |
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span |
3 handbreadths |
8.75 inches |
22.2 centimeters |
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handbreadth |
1/6 cubit |
3 inches |
7.6 centimeters |
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fathom |
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6 feet |
1.8 meters |
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furlong/stadium |
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200 yards |
182.9 meters |
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Roman mile |
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1620 yards |
1.4 kilometers |
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Money |
Denarius |
About a day’s wage for a laborer |
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Daric |
A coin of about ¼ oz or 8.5 gram |
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[1]Elwell, Walter A. ; Comfort, Philip Wesley: Tyndale Bible Dictionary. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, 2001 (Tyndale Reference Library), S. 1298