
Bible Measurements
Bible Weights:
Talent:Is equal to 75 pounds or 34 kilograms. It was equivalent to 3,000 shekels.
Beka: Is equivalent to .2 ounces or 5.7 grams. The Bekah is equal to 1/2 shekel
Shekel: Is equal to .4 ounces or 11.4 grams.s.
Gerah: Is equivalent to to .02 ounces or .6 grams. The gerah is 1/20 of a shekel.
Mina: Is equivalent to 1.25 pounds of 600 grams.
Litra: Is equivalent to to 12 ounces or 327 grams.
Pim: Is equivalent to .25 ounces or 8 grams.
Liquid Measurements:
Bath: Is equivalent to 5.5 gallons or 20.8 liters
Sextarius, Xestes: Is equivalent to1.2 pints or 552 milliliters.
Hin: Is equivalent to1 gallon or 3.8 liters.
Metretes: Is equivalent to approximately 10 gallons or 37.9 liters
Log: Is equivalent to.3 quarts or .3 liters
Distance:
Long Cubit: Is equivalent to .to 20.5 inches or 52.1 centimeters.
Fathom: Is equivalent to approximately 6 feet or 1.8 meters
Handbreadth: Is equivalent to 3 inches or 7.6 centimeters. handbreadth is defined as one sixth of a cubit or one third of a span.
Cubit: Is equivalent to to 17.5 inches or 44.5 centimeters
Furlong, Stadium: Is equivalent to approximately 200 yards or 182.9 meters.
Span: Is equivalent to 8.75 inches or 22.2 centimeters.
Roman Mile: Is equivalent to is equivalent to .9 miles, 1620 yards, or 1.4 kilometers.
Capacity:
Cor, Homer: Is equivalent to approximately 5 bushels or 182 liters.
Choinix: Is equivalent to to 1 quart or 1.1 liters.
Omer: Is equivalent to 2 quarts or 2 liters.
Lethek: Is equivalent to approximately 2.5 bushels or 91 liters.
Issaron: Is equivalent to to 2 quarts or 2 liters
Seah:Is equivalent to approximately equal to 5 quarts (1/5 bushel) or 6 liters
Ephah: Is equivalent to 1/2 bushel or 17.6 liters.
Cab, Kab: Is equivalent to equal to 1 quart or 1.3 liters. a kab was equivalent to 1/18 ephah or 1/2 omer
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