TALENT

of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Exo 38:25, Exo 38: 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as the Hebrew name _kikkar_ denotes. A talent of gold was double the weight of a talent of silver (2-Sam 12:30). Parable of the talents (Matt. 18:24;25:15).