- Transliteration: Talanton

- Phonetic: tal'-an-ton

- Definition:

1. the scale of a balance, a balance, a pair of scales

2. that which is weighed, a talent

a. a weight varying in different places and times

b. a sum of money weighing a talent and varying in different states and according to the changes in the laws regulating currency

1. the Attic talent was equal to 60 Attic minae or 6000 drachmae

2. a talent of silver in Israel weighed about 100 pounds (45 kg)

3. a talent of gold in Israel weighed about 200 pounds (91 kg)

- Origin: from a presumed derivative of the original form of tlao (to bear, equivalent to G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the original form of τλάω tlao (to bear; equivalent to G5342" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5342); a balance (as supporting weights) that is (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or talent: - talent.