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Lexicon :: Strong's G5007 - talanton

Aa
τάλαντον
Transliteration
talanton (Key)
Pronunciation
tal'-an-ton
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of the original form of tlao (to bear, equivalent to φέρω (G5342))
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Strong’s Definitions

τάλαντον tálanton, tal'-an-ton; neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of τλάω tláō (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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G5007 in the following manner: talent (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G5007 in the following manner: talent (15x).

  1. the scale of a balance, a balance, a pair of scales

  2. that which is weighed, a talent

    1. a weight varying in different places and times

    2. a sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency

      1. the Attic talent was equal to 60 Attic minae or 6000 drachmae

      2. a talent of silver in Israel weighed about 100 pounds (45 kg)

      3. a talent of gold in Israel weighed about 200 pounds (91 kg)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τάλαντον tálanton, tal'-an-ton; neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of τλάω tláō (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.
STRONGS G5007:
τάλαντον, 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 ): Matthew 18:24; Matthew 25:15f (Matthew 25:18 Lachmann), Matthew 25:20,22,24f,28. (The Sept. for כִּכָּר, Luth. Centner, the heaviest Hebrew weight; on which see Kneucker in Schenkel v., p. 460f; (BB. DD., under the word ).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
18:24; 25:15; 25:18; 25:20; 25:22; 25:24; 25:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5007 matches the Greek τάλαντον (talanton),
which occurs 14 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:24 - “When he had begun G757 to settle G4868 them, one G1520 who owed G3781 him [fn]ten G3463 thousand G3463 talents G5007 was brought G4317 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:15 - “To one G3739 he gave G1325 five G4002 [fn]talents, G5007 to another, G3739 G1161 two, G1417 and to another, G3739 G1161 one, G1520 each G1538 according G2596 to his own G2398 ability; G1411 and he went G589 on his journey. G589

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16 - “Immediately G2112 the one who had received G2983 the five G4002 talents G5007 went G4198 and traded G2038 with them, and gained G2770 five G4002 more G243 talents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:20 - “The one who had received G2983 the five G4002 talents G5007 came G4334 up and brought G4374 five G4002 more G243 talents, G5007 saying, G3004 ‘Master, G2962 you entrusted G3860 five G4002 talents G5007 to me. See, G2396 I have gained G2770 five G4002 more G243 talents.’ G5007

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:22 - “Also G2532 the one G3588 who G3588 had received the two G1417 talents G5007 came G4334 up and said, G3004 ‘Master, G2962 you entrusted G3860 two G1417 talents G5007 to me. See, G2396 I have gained G2770 two G1417 more G243 talents.’ G5007

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:24 - “And the one also G2532 who had received G2983 the one G1520 talent G5007 came G4334 up and said, G3004 ‘Master, G2962 I knew G1097 you to be a hard G4642 man, G444 reaping G2325 where G3699 you did not sow G4687 and gathering G4863 where G3606 you scattered G1287 no G3756 seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:25 - ‘And I was afraid, G5399 and went G565 away G565 and hid G2928 your talent G5007 in the ground. G1093 See, G2396 you have G2192 what G3588 is yours.’ G4674

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:28 - ‘Therefore G3767 take G142 away G142 the talent G5007 from him, and give G1325 it to the one who has G2192 the ten G1176 talents.’ G5007
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