Strong G5007τάλαντον
talent
- Transliteration
- talanton
- Pronunciation
- tal'-an-ton
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of τλάω tlao (to bear; equivalent to G5342); a balance (as supporting weights) that is (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or talent: - talent.
Detailed definition
τάλαντομ, -ον, τ
[in LXX for כִּכָּר;]
1. a balance (Hom.).
2. that which is weighed, a talent;
__(a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold);
__(b) a sum of money, whether gold or silver, equivalent to a talent in weight (see DB, iii, 418 ff.): Mat.18:24 25:15 ff.†
(AS)
[in LXX for כִּכָּר;]
1. a balance (Hom.).
2. that which is weighed, a talent;
__(a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold);
__(b) a sum of money, whether gold or silver, equivalent to a talent in weight (see DB, iii, 418 ff.): Mat.18:24 25:15 ff.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5007 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- talent8
- the1
First verses
- Matthew 18:24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
- Matthew 25:15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
- Matthew 25:16Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
- Matthew 25:20And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
- Matthew 25:22He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
- Matthew 25:24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
- Matthew 25:25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
- Matthew 25:28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τᾰλαντ-ον, τό,
balance, Ζεὺς.. τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 157; ζυγὸν ταλάντου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 823 (Lyric poetry); ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 797)]: in this sense used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in plural, pair of scales, ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή.., ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.433)]; especially of the scales in which Zeus weighed the fortunes of men, χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τ. [Refs (8.69, 22.209; γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τ. 16.658)]; ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τ. Ζεύς, i.e. when he decides the issue of battle,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (19.223; τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 346)]; of the scales of justice, δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 324, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.267.4 (3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus))]: so in singular, δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.25.)]
2 tax paid for the use of the public scales, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“SIG” 4.7 (Cyzicus, 6th c.BC).)]
II anything weighed,
II.1 a definite weight, talent, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always of gold, δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.122; δύω χρ. τ. 18.507; δέκα πάντα τ. ten in all, 19.247, 24.232)]; χρυσοῦ.. εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.202; χρυσοῖο τάλαντον.. τιμήεντος 8.393)]: from the order of the prizes in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.262f)] and other passages its weight was probably not great,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 164.)]
II.2 in post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus writers, the τάλαντον)] was both a commercial weight (differing in different systems), and also the sum of money represented by the corresponding weight of gold or silver; τοῖσι μὲν (of the subjects of Darius) ἀργύριον ἀπαγινέουσι εἴρητο Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τ. ἀπαγινέειν, τοῖσι δὲ χρυσίον ἀπαγινέουσι Εὐβοϊκόν· τὸ δὲ Βαβυλώνιον τ. δύναται Εὐβοΐδας (ὀκτὼ καὶ add. Reiz) ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.89)]; τ. Ἀττικόν, Αἰγιναῖον, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.86; ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 10.2.)]
II.2.a of money, τ. ἀργυρίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.28, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.1, etc.; χίλια τ. νομίσματος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.174)]; μνᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τ. [Refs (“IG” 12.220.7, compare 92.37, +others)]
II.2.b of weight, τὸ τ. τὸ ἐμπορικόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]22.1013.35; used in weighing lead, [prev. work]12.374.287, 42(1).103.131 (Epid., 4th c.BC), “PMich.Zen.” 9.4 (3rd c.BC))]; iron, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 144.6 (3rd c.BC), “CPHerm.” p.77 (3rd c.AD))]; cloth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMich.Zen.” 120.8 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
balance, Ζεὺς.. τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 157; ζυγὸν ταλάντου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 823 (Lyric poetry); ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 797)]: in this sense used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] only in plural, pair of scales, ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή.., ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.433)]; especially of the scales in which Zeus weighed the fortunes of men, χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τ. [Refs (8.69, 22.209; γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τ. 16.658)]; ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τ. Ζεύς, i.e. when he decides the issue of battle,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (19.223; τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 346)]; of the scales of justice, δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 324, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.267.4 (3rd c.BC(?): Diotimus Epigrammaticus))]: so in singular, δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.25.)]
2 tax paid for the use of the public scales, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“SIG” 4.7 (Cyzicus, 6th c.BC).)]
II anything weighed,
II.1 a definite weight, talent, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always of gold, δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.122; δύω χρ. τ. 18.507; δέκα πάντα τ. ten in all, 19.247, 24.232)]; χρυσοῦ.. εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.202; χρυσοῖο τάλαντον.. τιμήεντος 8.393)]: from the order of the prizes in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.262f)] and other passages its weight was probably not great,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 164.)]
II.2 in post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus writers, the τάλαντον)] was both a commercial weight (differing in different systems), and also the sum of money represented by the corresponding weight of gold or silver; τοῖσι μὲν (of the subjects of Darius) ἀργύριον ἀπαγινέουσι εἴρητο Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τ. ἀπαγινέειν, τοῖσι δὲ χρυσίον ἀπαγινέουσι Εὐβοϊκόν· τὸ δὲ Βαβυλώνιον τ. δύναται Εὐβοΐδας (ὀκτὼ καὶ add. Reiz) ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.89)]; τ. Ἀττικόν, Αἰγιναῖον, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.86; ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 10.2.)]
II.2.a of money, τ. ἀργυρίου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.28, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.1, etc.; χίλια τ. νομίσματος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.174)]; μνᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τ. [Refs (“IG” 12.220.7, compare 92.37, +others)]
II.2.b of weight, τὸ τ. τὸ ἐμπορικόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work]22.1013.35; used in weighing lead, [prev. work]12.374.287, 42(1).103.131 (Epid., 4th c.BC), “PMich.Zen.” 9.4 (3rd c.BC))]; iron, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 144.6 (3rd c.BC), “CPHerm.” p.77 (3rd c.AD))]; cloth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PMich.Zen.” 120.8 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]