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Table of Weights and Measures

Weights
Units Relationship to System Approximate English Equivalent Approximate Metric Equivalent
Gerah .05 shekel .02 ounce .57 grams
Beka (Bekah) .5 shekel .22 ounce 6.2 grams
Pim .67 shekel .33 ounce 9.3 grams
Shekel 2 bekahs .4 ounce 11.3 grams
Litra 30 shekels 12 ounces .34 kilograms
Mina (pound) 50 shekels 1.25 pounds .57 kilograms
Talent 3,000 shekels 75 pounds 34 kilograms

 

Lengths
Units Relationship to System Approximate English Equivalent Approximate Metric Equivalent
Finger .25 of a handbreadth .75 inches 1.9 centimeters
Handbreadth 4 fingers 3 inches 7.6 centimeters
Span (spread fingers) 3 handbreadths 9 inches 23 centimeters
Cubit (elbow to fingertip) 2 spans 18 inches 46 centimeters
Pace (stride length) .5 of a fathom 3 feet .91 meter
Fathom 2 paces 6 feet 1.8 meters
Kalamos (reed) 3 paces 9 feet 2.7 meters
Stadion (furlong) 200 paces 600 feet 183 meters
Sabbath Day’s walk 6 stadia .68 mile 1.1 kilometers
Milion (mile) 8 stadia .92 mile 1.5 kilometers

 

Liquid Volume
Units Relationship to System Approximate English Equivalent Approximate Metric Equivalent
Log .014 bath .67 pint .3 liter
Xestēs (pot) .13 hin 1.2 pints .57 liter
Kab (cab) 4 logs 2.67 pints 1.3 liters
Hin 3 cabs 1 gallon 3.8 liters
Bath (ephah) 6 hins 5.8 gallons 22 liters
Metretes (measure) 10 hins 10 gallons 38 liters
Cor (homer) 10 baths 60 gallons 227 liters

 

Dry Volume
Units Relationship to System Approximate English Equivalent Approximate Metric Equivalent
Xestēs (pot) .5 cab 1.1 pints .5 liter
Kab (cab) .06 ephah 1.3 quarts 1.2 liters
Omer .10 ephah 2.3 quarts 2.2 liters
Seah (measure) .33 ephah 7.7 quarts 7.3 liters
Modios 4 omers 9.5 quarts 9 liters
Ephah (bath) 10 omers 23 quarts 22 liters
Lethek 5 ephahs 116 quarts 110 liters
Cor (homer) 10 ephahs 233 quarts 220 liters