Talent
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TALENT.See Money, Weights and Measures.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See MONEY.) Attic talent = 193 British pounds, 15 shillings. The Hebrew talent was 3,000 shekels; if the shekel is 2 shillings, 6 pence = 375 British pounds. Hebrew kibbar, "a globe."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Talent. See Weights and Measures.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a measure of weight among the ancients, equivalent to sixty maneh, or one hundred and thirteen pounds ten ounces one pennyweight and ten grains. The value of a talent of silver was three hundred and forty- two pounds three shillings and nine-pence, and a talent of gold was equal to five thousand four hundred and seventy-five pounds sterling. In the writings of the evangelists, the term is employed to denote the various gifts or opportunities for usefulness which the Lord of heaven confers upon his servants, and for which he will call them to give in their account at the last day, Mat_25:15; Luk_19:12.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
The talent was the heaviest weight used in Israel in Bible times. It weighed approximately 50 kilogram (110 pounds), was equal to 3,000 shekels, and was used mainly in weighing metals (Exo_38:27). Large quantities of money were usually weighed in talents, smaller quantities in shekels (1Ki_10:10; 2Ki_15:19; 2Ki_18:14).
Silver was the metal most commonly used for money. Unless otherwise stated, a talent, when used as a monetary unit, meant a talent of silver (1Ki_16:24; Ezr_8:25-27; Mat_18:23-24; Mat_25:14-16). (See also COINS; WEIGHTS.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
tal?ent (כּכּר, kikkār; τάλαντον, tálanton): A weight composed of 60 manehs (English Versions of the Bible ?pounds?) equal to about 120 pounds troy and 96 pounds avoirdupois, or 672,500 grains, of the Phoenician standard. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. When used in the monetary sense the talent might be either of silver or gold, and the value varied according to the standard, but is probably to be taken on the Phoenician, which would give about 410 British pounds, or $2, 050 (in 1915), for the silver talent and 6, 150 British pounds or $30, 750 (in 1915), for the gold. See MONEY.
Figurative: ?Talent,? like ?pound,? is used metaphorically in the New Testament for mental and spiritual attainments or gifts (Mat_25:15-28).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Zec_5:7 (b) Some students think that this represents the weight of sin that will encompass the business dealings of Israel. It may indicate that false weights and balances are used in their commerce.
Mat_25:15 (b) The talents represent the quality of the gifts given to Christians for the service of the Lord. Some are unusually gifted for great works and deeds in the Gospel and in the church. Others are not so well gifted, but are able to do their work according to their knowledge, education and zeal. (See under "POUND").
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.
representing the Greek τάλαντον, Lat. talentum, is the rendering of the Heb. and Chald. kikkar, כַּכָּר, a circle, the coin being no doubt of that form. It was the largest weight among the Hebrews, being used for metals, whether gold (1Ki_9:14; 1Ki_10:10, etc.), silver (2Ki_5:22), lead (Zec_5:7), bronze (Exo_38:29), or iron (1Ch_29:7). A hill sufficient for the site of a city was sold for two talents of silver (1Ki_16:24); and for 1000 talents of silver the friendship of the Assyrian king was purchased (2Ki_15:19); another Assyrian king laid the kingdom of Judah under a tribute of 300 talents of silver and 30 of gold (2Ki_18:14); a similar tribute imposed by an Egyptian king consisted of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold (23, 33); the crown of an Ammonitish king weighed one talent of gold (2Sa_12:30). The sacred utensils of the Tabernacle and the Temple amounted to many talents of silver and gold (Exo_25:39; Exo_38:24-25; Exo_38:27; 1Ki_9:14, etc.). But there must be some error in the numbers at 1 Chronicles 29 (see Kitto, Pict. Bible, note ad loc.). SEE NUMBER. In the post-exilian period, likewise, talents were a mode of estimation (1Ma_11:28; 1Ma_13:16; 1Ma_13:19; 1Ma_15:31; 2 Maccabees 3, 4, 8, etc.). In the New Test. the talent only occurs in a parable (Mat_25:15 sq.), and as an estimate of a stone's weight (Rev_16:21). From Exo_38:25-26, it appears that one talent was equivalent to 3000 shekels of the sanctuary (Schmidt, Biblathem. p. 183; Bockh, Metrol. Unters. p. 55). SEE SHEKEL. As the mina (q.v.) consisted of 50 sacred shekels, it followsῥ that the talent was equal to 60 mine, just as the Attic talent had 60 minae. SEE METROLOGY.
TALENT figuratively signifies any gift or opportunity God gives to men for the promotion of his glory. Everything almost, says Mr. Scott, that we are, or possess, or meet with, may be considered as a talent; for a good or a bad use may be made of every natural endowment, or providential appointment, or they may remain unoccupied through inactivity and selfishness. Time, health, vigor of body, and the power of exertion and enduring fatigue the natural and acquired abilities of the mind, skill in any lawful art or science, and the capacity for close mental application-the gift of speech, and that of speaking with fluency and propriety, and in a convincing, attractive, or persuasive manner wealth, influence, or authority a man's situation in the Church, the community, or relative life-and the various occurrences which make way for him to attempt anything of a beneficial tendency; these, and many others that can scarcely be enumerated, are talents which the consistent Christian will improve to the glory of God and the benefit of mankind. Nay, this improvement procures an increase of talents, and gives a man Ian accession of influence and an accumulating power of doing good; because it tends to establish his reputation for prudence, piety, integrity, sincerity, and disinterested benevolence: it gradually forms him to an habitual readiness to engage in beneficent designs, and to conduct them in a gentle, unobtrusive, and unassuming manner, it disposes others to regard him with increasing confidence and affection, and to approach him with satisfaction; and it procures for him the countenance of many persons whose assistance he can employ in accomplishing his own salutary purposes.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
(See MONEY.) Attic talent = 193 British pounds, 15 shillings. The Hebrew talent was 3,000 shekels; if the shekel is 2 shillings, 6 pence = 375 British pounds. Hebrew kibbar, "a globe."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Talent. See Weights and Measures.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a measure of weight among the ancients, equivalent to sixty maneh, or one hundred and thirteen pounds ten ounces one pennyweight and ten grains. The value of a talent of silver was three hundred and forty- two pounds three shillings and nine-pence, and a talent of gold was equal to five thousand four hundred and seventy-five pounds sterling. In the writings of the evangelists, the term is employed to denote the various gifts or opportunities for usefulness which the Lord of heaven confers upon his servants, and for which he will call them to give in their account at the last day, Mat_25:15; Luk_19:12.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
The talent was the heaviest weight used in Israel in Bible times. It weighed approximately 50 kilogram (110 pounds), was equal to 3,000 shekels, and was used mainly in weighing metals (Exo_38:27). Large quantities of money were usually weighed in talents, smaller quantities in shekels (1Ki_10:10; 2Ki_15:19; 2Ki_18:14).
Silver was the metal most commonly used for money. Unless otherwise stated, a talent, when used as a monetary unit, meant a talent of silver (1Ki_16:24; Ezr_8:25-27; Mat_18:23-24; Mat_25:14-16). (See also COINS; WEIGHTS.)
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary by Don Fleming
PRINTER 1990.
tal?ent (כּכּר, kikkār; τάλαντον, tálanton): A weight composed of 60 manehs (English Versions of the Bible ?pounds?) equal to about 120 pounds troy and 96 pounds avoirdupois, or 672,500 grains, of the Phoenician standard. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. When used in the monetary sense the talent might be either of silver or gold, and the value varied according to the standard, but is probably to be taken on the Phoenician, which would give about 410 British pounds, or $2, 050 (in 1915), for the silver talent and 6, 150 British pounds or $30, 750 (in 1915), for the gold. See MONEY.
Figurative: ?Talent,? like ?pound,? is used metaphorically in the New Testament for mental and spiritual attainments or gifts (Mat_25:15-28).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Zec_5:7 (b) Some students think that this represents the weight of sin that will encompass the business dealings of Israel. It may indicate that false weights and balances are used in their commerce.
Mat_25:15 (b) The talents represent the quality of the gifts given to Christians for the service of the Lord. Some are unusually gifted for great works and deeds in the Gospel and in the church. Others are not so well gifted, but are able to do their work according to their knowledge, education and zeal. (See under "POUND").
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.
representing the Greek τάλαντον, Lat. talentum, is the rendering of the Heb. and Chald. kikkar, כַּכָּר, a circle, the coin being no doubt of that form. It was the largest weight among the Hebrews, being used for metals, whether gold (1Ki_9:14; 1Ki_10:10, etc.), silver (2Ki_5:22), lead (Zec_5:7), bronze (Exo_38:29), or iron (1Ch_29:7). A hill sufficient for the site of a city was sold for two talents of silver (1Ki_16:24); and for 1000 talents of silver the friendship of the Assyrian king was purchased (2Ki_15:19); another Assyrian king laid the kingdom of Judah under a tribute of 300 talents of silver and 30 of gold (2Ki_18:14); a similar tribute imposed by an Egyptian king consisted of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold (23, 33); the crown of an Ammonitish king weighed one talent of gold (2Sa_12:30). The sacred utensils of the Tabernacle and the Temple amounted to many talents of silver and gold (Exo_25:39; Exo_38:24-25; Exo_38:27; 1Ki_9:14, etc.). But there must be some error in the numbers at 1 Chronicles 29 (see Kitto, Pict. Bible, note ad loc.). SEE NUMBER. In the post-exilian period, likewise, talents were a mode of estimation (1Ma_11:28; 1Ma_13:16; 1Ma_13:19; 1Ma_15:31; 2 Maccabees 3, 4, 8, etc.). In the New Test. the talent only occurs in a parable (Mat_25:15 sq.), and as an estimate of a stone's weight (Rev_16:21). From Exo_38:25-26, it appears that one talent was equivalent to 3000 shekels of the sanctuary (Schmidt, Biblathem. p. 183; Bockh, Metrol. Unters. p. 55). SEE SHEKEL. As the mina (q.v.) consisted of 50 sacred shekels, it followsῥ that the talent was equal to 60 mine, just as the Attic talent had 60 minae. SEE METROLOGY.
TALENT figuratively signifies any gift or opportunity God gives to men for the promotion of his glory. Everything almost, says Mr. Scott, that we are, or possess, or meet with, may be considered as a talent; for a good or a bad use may be made of every natural endowment, or providential appointment, or they may remain unoccupied through inactivity and selfishness. Time, health, vigor of body, and the power of exertion and enduring fatigue the natural and acquired abilities of the mind, skill in any lawful art or science, and the capacity for close mental application-the gift of speech, and that of speaking with fluency and propriety, and in a convincing, attractive, or persuasive manner wealth, influence, or authority a man's situation in the Church, the community, or relative life-and the various occurrences which make way for him to attempt anything of a beneficial tendency; these, and many others that can scarcely be enumerated, are talents which the consistent Christian will improve to the glory of God and the benefit of mankind. Nay, this improvement procures an increase of talents, and gives a man Ian accession of influence and an accumulating power of doing good; because it tends to establish his reputation for prudence, piety, integrity, sincerity, and disinterested benevolence: it gradually forms him to an habitual readiness to engage in beneficent designs, and to conduct them in a gentle, unobtrusive, and unassuming manner, it disposes others to regard him with increasing confidence and affection, and to approach him with satisfaction; and it procures for him the countenance of many persons whose assistance he can employ in accomplishing his own salutary purposes.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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