00.4. Tables of Scripture Measures, Weights, and Coins

A Fathom, equal to 4 cubits, or

7 Feet 1 inch

A Span the longer, equal to half a cubit, or

21 7/8 inches

A Span the less, equal to a third of a cubit, or

10 15/16 inches

A Hand’s-breadth, equal to a sixth of a cubit, or

3 11/16 inches

A Finger’s-breadth, equal to a twenty-fourth of a cubit, or

29/32 inches

Gallons

+ Pints

Chomer or Homer, equal to

90

7 ¼

Ephah or Bath, equal to

9

1 ¼

Seah, one-third of ephah, equal to

2

7 ¾

Hin, one-sixth of ephah, equal to

1

4

Omer, one-tenth of ephah, equal to

0

7 ¼

Cab, one-eighteenth of ephah, equal to

0

4 ¼

Shekel, equal to

219 grains silver

Bekah, half shekel

109.5 grains silver

Gerah, one-tenth of bekah,

10.95 grains silver

Maneh, equal to

100 shekel weight

Maneh in coin, equal to

60 shekels

Talent of Silver, equal to

3000 shekels

Talent of Gold, the same weight

3000 shekels

Denarius, silver, equal to a day’s wage.

192 units

Assis, copper, equal to

12 units

Assarium, equal to

6 units

Quadraus, equal to

3 units

A Mite, equal to

2 unit