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Biblical weights and measures

Conversions

Bible American/British Metric
Weight
talent 75 pounds 34 kilograms
mina 1.25 pounds 0.6 kilogram
litra (John 12:3; 19:39)(λίτρα or λίτρα) href="#fn_1">1 11.5-12 ounces (a Roman pound: libra/litra) approx. 327.45 grams
shekel (2 bekas) ⅖ ounce 11.5 grams
pim (⅔ of a shekel) ⅓ ounce 7.6 grams
bekah (= 10 gerahs) ⅕ ounce 5.5 grams
gerah 1/50 ounce 0.6 gram
uncia, 1⁄12 of a Roman pound (litra) 0.967 ounce 27.4 grams
Dry Capacity
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 7.3 liters
omer (1/10 ephah) 2 quarts 2 liters
cab (1/18 ephah) 1 quart 1 liter
Liquid Capacity
bath (1 ephah) about 6 gallons about 22 liters
hin (1/6 bath) 4 quarts 4 liters
log (1/72 bath) 1/3 quart 0.3 liter
Greek: μετρητής (metrétés), meaning: a measureAbout 72 Roman sextariiMentioned in John 2:6 only — see: firkin about 8.75 gallons 39.39 litres
Length
Common cubit 18 inches 0.5 meter
Hebrew short cubit 17.5 44.5 cm
Egyptian cubit 17.6 44.7 cm
Hebrew long cubit 20.4 inches 51.8 cm
Babylonian long cubit 19.8 inches 50.3 cm
Egyptian long cubit 20.6 inches 52.3 cm
Royal cubit 19.8 to 20.6 inches approx. 52 cm
span 9 inches 23 centimeters
handbreadth 3 inches 8 centimeters
measure varies varies
mile (Roman) 1,618 yards 1,479.4992 meters

Note: These conversions of weights and measures are based upon the best, conservative information available to us from ancient sources. It is not possible to be precise and some ancient measures definitely vary.

  • bath
  • bekah
  • What is a Bushel? — The word “bushel” was originally used for a size of container itself, and later as a unit of measurement. This is a “British imperial and US customary unit of volume based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity. The old bushel is equal to 2 kennings (obsolete), 4 pecks, or 8 dry gallons, and was used mostly for agricultural products, such as wheat. In modern usage, the volume is nominal, with bushels denoting a mass defined differently for each commodity.”
  • cab
  • coin
  • cor
  • cubit
  • deal
  • ephah
  • gerah
  • handbreadth
  • homer
  • maneh
  • measure
  • mile
  • omer
  • pieces
  • seah
  • shalish of land
  • shekel
  • talent
  • tenth deal
  • Money in Bible times
  1. Strong’s Lexicon
Article Version: August 7, 2025

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