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Table of Contents
The books of the New Testament are indicated by italics.
BIBLICAL UNIT | APPROXIMATE AMERICAN EQUIVALENT | APPROXIMATE METRIC EQUIVALENT |
WEIGHTS | talent (60 minas) | 75 pounds | 34 kilograms |
mina (50 shekels) | 1 1/4 pounds | 560 grams |
shekel (2 bekas) | 2/5 ounce | 11.5 grams |
pim (2/3 shekel) | 1/4 ounce | 7.8 grams |
beka (10 gerahs) | 1/5 ounce | 5.7 grams |
gerah | 1/50 ounce | 0.6 gram |
daric | 1/3 ounce | 8.4 grams |
LENGTH | cubit | 18 inches | 45 centimeters |
span | 9 inches | 23 centimeters |
handbreadth | 3 inches | 7.5 centimeters |
stadion (pl. stadia) | 600 feet | 183 meters |
CAPACITY |
Dry Measure | cor [homer] (10 ephahs) | 6 bushels | 220 liters |
lethek (5 ephahs) | 3 bushels | 110 liters |
ephah (10 omers) | 3/5 bushel | 22 liters |
seah (1/3 ephah) | 7 quarts | 7.5 liters |
omer (1/10 ephah) | 2 quarts | 2 liters |
cab (1/18 ephah) | 1 quart | 1 liter |
Liquid Measure | bath (1 ephah) | 6 gallons | 22 liters |
hin (1/6 bath) | 1 gallon | 3.8 liters |
log (1/72 bath) | 1/3 quart | 0.3 liter |
The figures of the table are calculated on the basis of a shekel equaling 11.5 grams, a cubit equaling 18 inches and an ephah equaling 22 liters. The quart referred to is either a dry quart (slightly larger than a liter) or a liquid quart (slightly smaller than a liter), whichever is applicable. The ton referred to in the footnotes is the American ton of 2,000 pounds.
This table is based upon the best available information, but it is not intended to be mathematically precise; like the measurement equivalents in the footnotes, it merely gives approximate amounts and distances. Weights and measures differed somewhat at various times and places in the ancient world. There is uncertainty particularly about the ephah and the bath; further discoveries may shed more light on these units of capacity.
Index
The Index to Color Maps will lead you to place-names found on the color maps in the back of this Bible. References are to the map number and the margin markings.
A
Abana River D2
Abarim Mts. D4
Abel Meholah C3
Abel Shittim D3
Abila D2
Abilene D8
Achaia D3
Adora B5
Adriatic Sea C2
Aegean Sea D3
Africa B3
Ai C3
Aijalon B4
Akko B2
Aleppo D8
Alexandria D4
Alexandrium B4
Altar C3
Amathus C4
Amman E3
Ammon C4
Amphipolis B5
Anathoth B4
Antinoe D4
Antioch (Syrian) E3
Antioch (Pisidian) C6
Antipatris B4
Antonia Fortress C2
Aphek B3
Apollonia B5
Arabah D5
Arabia E8
Arabians B3
Arad B5
Aram C2
Aramean Desert D3
Ararat, Mt. C1
Araxes River D1
Arbela C5
Armenia F2
Arnon River C5
Aroer C5
Arrapkha C5
Arubu B3
Arvad B5
Ashdod A4
Asher B2
Ashkelon A4
Ashtaroth C3
Ashur C5
Asia C6
Assos C6
Assyria C5
Athens D3
Atlantic Ocean A1
Attalia C7
Auranitis D3
Azekah C3
Azotus B6
B
Babylon C5
Babylonia C5
Babylonians E3
Bashan D2
Batanea C3
Beautiful, Gate D3
Beersheba A5
Beersheba, Desert of B4
Behistun D5
Beirut C1
Benjamin B4
Berea B5
Berothai C3
Berothah 5C3
Besor Valley A5
Beth Horon C3
Beth Shan C3
Beth Shemesh B4
Bethany B5
Bethany beyond Jordan C3, C5
Bethel B4
Bethesda Pool C2
Bethlehem B5
Bethsaida C2
Bethsura B6
Betogabris B6
Bezer D4
Bithynia & Pontus E2
Black Sea E2
Bozrah C5
Britain A1
Byblos C3
Byzantium D2
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