τάλαντον talanton

Greek word for “talent” · Strong’s G5007 · used 14 times in 8 verses

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Meaning

τάλαντομ, -ον, τ; 1. a balance (Hom.).;

How it is translated

Glosses given for talanton in context, with how often each is used:

• talents 11
• talent 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (7), Matthew 18 (1)

Forms

• τάλαντα 8
• τάλαντά 2
• τάλαντον 2
• ταλάντων 1
• τάλαντόν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with talanton more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κερδαίνω kerdainō “to gain” 3
• ἴδε ide “look!” 3
• πέντε pente “five” 3
• προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 3
• ἄλλος allos “another” 3
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 3
• προσφέρω prospherō “to bring to” 2
• εἷς ehis “one” 3
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 2
• δύο duo “two” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2

Key verses

The verses using talanton that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 18:24 — And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
• Matthew 25:15 — And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
• Matthew 25:16 — Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
• Matthew 25:20 — And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside…
• Matthew 25:22 — He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
• Matthew 25:24 — Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where…
• Matthew 25:25 — And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
• Matthew 25:28 — Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.