Dict: easton - Talent

easton:

Talent @ of silver contained 3,000 shekels kjv@Exodus:38:25-26), 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 ( kjv@2Samuel:12:30). Parable of the talents kjv@Matthew:18:24 kjv@Matthew:25:15).