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| King James | R.S.V. | Hebrew | Examples | conversion (U.S.) |
| reed | reed | kanneh = 6 ammah |
Ezekiel 40:5 | 8'9" |
| "cubit of a man" cubit "the cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth" |
cubit | ammah = 6 tophach |
Deuteronomy 3:11 1 Samuel 17:4 Genesis 7:20 Esther 7:19 2 Kings 14:13 Nehemiah 3:13 Jeremiah 52:21 Exekiel 40:5,43:13 |
? 17.47"
20.38" |
| cubit | cubit | gomedh | Judges 3:16 | ? |
| span | span | zeres = 3 tophach (some say 2) |
1 Samuel 17:4 Ezekiel 43:13 Isaiah 40:12 |
8.75" |
| hand breadth | handbreadth | tophach = 4 etzbah |
Ezekiel 40:5,43:13 | 2.9" |
| finger | finger | etzbah | Jeremiah 52:21 | 3/4" |
| King James | R.S.V. | Hebrew | Examples | conversion (U.S.) |
| "an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen
might plow" acre |
acre | tzemed, lit. "yoke" |
1 Samuel 14:14 Issiah 5:10 |
about 1/2 acre |
| homer | homer | chomer | Leviticus 27:16 | 6 acres |
| King James | R.S.V. | Hebrew | Examples | conversion (U.S.) |
homer measure |
homer measure |
chomer | Numbers 11:32 Isaiah 5:10 Ezekiel 45:11,13,14 Hosea 3:2 1 Kings 18:32 |
6.5 bushels |
| cor measure |
cor cor |
kor | Ezekiel 45:14 1 Kings 5:11 |
6.5 bushels |
| lethech | lethekh = 1/2 chomer |
3 1/4 bushels | ||
| ephah | ephah | ephah = 1/10 chomer |
Exodus 16:36 Lev. 5:11,6:20,19:36 Ezekiel 45:10,11,24; 46:5 Numbers 5:15 Judah(?) 6:19 Ruth 2:17 1 Samuel 1:24,17:17 Isaiah 5:10 Amos 8:5 Zechariah 5:6-10 |
21 dry quarts |
| measure | measure | seah = 1/3 ephah |
Genesis 18:6 Isaiah 40:12 |
7 dry quarts |
| omer | omer | omer 1/10 ephah |
Exodus 16:16, 18, 22, 32, 33, 36 | 4 dry pints |
| a tenth deal of flour | tenth part | omer | Exodus 29:40 Lev. 5:11, 6:20 Numbers 28:13 Ezekiel 45:11 |
4 dry pints |
| cab | kab | kab | 2 Kings 6:25 | 2 2/9 dry pints |
| King James | R.S.V. | Hebrew | Examples | conversion (U.S.) |
| kor same vol as dry kor |
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| bath | bath | bath = 1/10 kor |
1 Kings 7:26, 38 2 Chr. 2:10; 4:5 Ezekiel 7:22; 45:10, 11 Isaiah 5:10 |
5.8 gallons |
| hin | hin | hin = 1/6 bath |
Exodus 29:40 Lev. 19:36 Num. 15:4, 5, 6, 9; 28:5 7, 14 Ezekiel 4:11; 45:24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14 |
3.86 quarts |
| qabh = 1/3 him |
1.35 quarts | |||
| log | log | log = 1/12 hin |
Lev. 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24 | 0.67 pint |
| King James | R.S.V. | Hebrew | Examples | conversion (U.S.) |
| talent | talent | kikkar | 2 Kings 18:14 | 75.6 lbs, |
| maneh | mina | maneh | Ezekiel 45:12 | 20.15 oz. |
| shekel | shekel | sheqel | 1 Samuel 17:5, 7 | 176.3 grains |
| shekel of the sanctuary | shekel of the sanctuary | bishekel hachodesh |
Exodus 30:15 lev. 5:15, 27:25 Num. 3:47; 18:6 Ezekiel 45:12 |
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| (not translated) | pim | pim | 1 Samuel 13:21 | |
| bekah | beka | beka | Exodus 38:26 | 88.1 grains |
| gerah | gerah | Exodus 30:13 Lev. 27:25 Num. 3:47; 18:16 Ezekiel 45:12 |
8.8 grains |