Greek noun (neuter) · G5007
τάλαντον
talantontal'-an-ton
a balance (Hom.).; that which is weighed, a talent
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tálanton
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5007is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5007
a balance (as supporting weights), i.e. (by implication) a certain weight (and thence a coin or rather sum of money) or "talent"
The King James renders it: talent.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
talanton is rendered "a balance (Hom.).; that which is weighed, a talent". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a balance (Hom.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
Matthew 18:24ταλάντων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's fourteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: a balance (Hom.)., and that which is weighed, a talent.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a balance (Hom.). | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents. |
| that which is weighed, a talent__(a) a talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold); __(b) a sum of money | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ταλαιπωρία | talaiporia | misery | Uses2 |
| ταλαίπωρος | talaiporos | wretched | Uses2 |
| ταλαιπωρέω | talaiporeo | to grieve | Uses1 |
| ταλαντιαῖος | talantiaios | weighing a talent | Uses1 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- τάλαντα8
- τάλαντά2
- τάλαντον2
- τάλαντόν1
- ταλάντων1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural10N-APN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular3N-ASN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural1N-GPN
Matthew
fourteen uses
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
- ταλάντωνtalantonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
- τάλαντάtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
- τάλαντάtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
- τάλαντονtalantonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: talent
So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’
- τάλαντόνtalantonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: talent
Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.
- τάλαντονtalantonnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: talent
- τάλανταtalantanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: talents
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.