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τάλαντον

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
τάλαντον, -ου, τό
Greek transliteration: 
talanton
Simplified transliteration: 
talanton
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5007
GK Number: 
5419
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
14
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2c
Gloss: 
talent (weight and monetary unit; about 57 to 80 lbs.); a talent of silver was about 6,000 days' wages (denarii) of a common laborer and a talent of gold was about 180,000 day's wages, often implying a vast, unattainable amount
Definition: 
the scale of a balance; a talent, which as a weight was among the Jews equivalent to 3000 shekels, i.e., as usually estimated, 114 lbs. 15 dwts. Troy; while the Attic talent, on the usual estimate, was only equal to 56 lbs. 11 oz. Troy, Mt. 18:24; 25:15, 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 28*

Greek-English Concordance for τάλαντον

Matthew 18:24 And when he had begun to settle them, a man who owed ten thousand talents (talantōn | ταλάντων | gen pl neut) was brought to him.
Matthew 25:15 To one he gave five talents (talanta | τάλαντα | acc pl neut), to another two, to another one — to each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
Matthew 25:16 The one who had received five talents (talanta | τάλαντα | acc pl neut) went immediately and put his money to work and gained another five.
Matthew 25:20 The one who had received the five talents (talanta | τάλαντα | acc pl neut) came and brought another five, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents (talanta | τάλαντα | acc pl neut) to me; look, I have gained five more.’
Matthew 25:22 The one who had received the two talents (talanta | τάλαντα | acc pl neut) also came, saying, “Master, you entrusted two talents (talanta | τάλαντα | acc pl neut) to me. Look, I have gained two more.’
Matthew 25:24 Then the one who had received the one talent (talanton | τάλαντον | acc sg neut) also came, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you scattered no seed;
Matthew 25:25 and being afraid, I went off and hid your talent (talanton | τάλαντον | acc sg neut) in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.’
Matthew 25:28 So take the talent (talanton | τάλαντον | acc sg neut) away from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents (talanta | τάλαντα | acc pl neut).