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Talent

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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(See MONEY.) Attic talent = 193 British pounds, 15 shillings. The Hebrew talent was 3,000 shekels; if the shekel is 2 shillings, 6 pence = 375 British pounds. Hebrew kibbar , "a globe."

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Talent'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​t/talent.html. 1949.
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