Length |
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| 1 handbreadth | 3 inches (US) | 7.5 centimeters | | 1 span | 9 inches (US) | | | 1 standard cubit | 15 inches (US) | 0.46 meters | 1 long cubit = 1 standard cubit + 1 handbreadth | 18 inches (US) | | | | Dry Measure |
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1 ephad (dry) = 1/10th homer (dry) | 0.62 bushels (US) 0.61 bushels, imperial | 22 cubic decimeters? | | 1 homer (dry) | 6.2 bushels (US) 6.1 bushels, imperial | 220 cubic decimeters | | 1 cor (dry) | 103 gallons, dry (US) 86 gallons, dry imperial | 391 liters | | 1 sata (dry) | 1.5 pecks (US) | 1.3 cubic decimeters | | 1 choenix | > 1 quart, dry (US) | slightly > 1 cubic decimeter | | | Liquid Measure |
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1 bath (liquid) = 1/10th homer (dry) | 5.8 gallons (US) 4.84 gallons, imperial | 22 liters | | 1 homer (liquid) | 58 gallons (US) 48.4 gallons, imperial | 220 liters | | 1 hin (liquid) | 1.7 gallons (US) | 6.5 liters | | | Weights/Masses |
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| 1 shekel | 2/5 advp. ounce (US) | 11.5 grams | 1 talent = 3000 shekels | 76.1 pounds (US) | 34.5 kilograms | | | Monetary |
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1 quadrans, Ceasarian times Roman coin = 1/64 Roman silver denarius coin | 1 denarius (pl. denarii), Ceasarian times [one day's agriculturer's wages] Roman silver coin = 1/25 Roman gold aureus coin = 1/4 Heb. shekel silver | 1 drachma, Hellenistic to Ceasarian times [one day's agriculturer's wages] Greek silver coin, nearly equal in size/value to 1 denarius or 1/4 Heb. shekel silver | 1 didrachma, Hellenistic to Ceasarian times Greek silver coin, equal in value to 2 drachma or nearly 2 denarii or 1/2 Heb. shekel silver | 1 stater (Roman name for didrachma?), Hellenistic to Ceasarian times Greek silver coin, equal in value to 2 drachma or nearly 2 denarii or 1/2 Heb. shekel silver | 1 mina, Hellenistic to Ceasarian times Greek coin, equal in value to 100 denarii or 1/60th of a talent | | 1 shekel: Value depends upon metal used—gold, silver, or brass | |