What does τάλαντον (tálanton) mean in the Bible?
τάλαντον (tálanton): Large monetary unit representing the highest denomination of currency in NT financial contexts.
Greek · G5007
τάλαντον
Talent
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τάλαντον G5007
Pronunciation tálanton
What does τάλαντον (tálanton) mean in the Bible?
τάλαντον (tálanton): Large monetary unit representing the highest denomination of currency in NT financial contexts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5007?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include talents (8), - (3), talent (3).
Where does τάλαντον (tálanton) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (14).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It talents 8× Matthew 18:24, Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:20
- 3× Matthew 25:20, Matthew 25:22
talent 3× Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:25, Matthew 25:28
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 18:24 ταλάντων to talents Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Matthew 25:15 τάλαντα to talents Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:16 τάλαντα to talents Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:20 τάλαντα to talents Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:20 τάλαντα to - Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:20 τάλαντά to talents Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:20 τάλαντα to - Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:22 τάλαντα to talents Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:22 τάλαντά to talents Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 25:22 τάλαντα to - Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 18:24
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 1
Matthew 14
Source forms
τάλαντα 8x talanta Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:20, Matthew 25:22
τάλαντά 2x talanta Matthew 25:20, Matthew 25:22
τάλαντον 2x talanton Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:28
τάλαντόν 1x talanton Matthew 25:25
ταλάντων 1x talantōn Matthew 18:24
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 10x Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:20, Matthew 25:22
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 3x Matthew 25:24, Matthew 25:25, Matthew 25:28
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Matthew 18:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Large monetary unit representing the highest denomination of currency in NT financial contexts.
Strong's G5007
Lexical occurrences 14 verses Greek text appearances 15 times Word forms 3 forms 14 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
talent
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Large monetary unit representing the highest denomination of currency in NT financial contexts.
1a balance (Hom.).
2that which is weighed, a talent;
aa talent in weight (in Horn. always of gold);
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
15 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:24 Noun Genitive Plural Neuter
ταλάντων. talantwn
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:15 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα, talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:16 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:16 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα. talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:20 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:20 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα, talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:20 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντά talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:20 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:22 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:22 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντά talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:22 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:24 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
τάλαντον talanton
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:25 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
τάλαντόν talanton
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:28 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
τάλαντον, talanton
a talent of silver or gold
Read verse Matthew 25:28 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
τάλαντα. talanta
a talent of silver or gold
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 14 Case pattern Accusative (13) Number pattern Plural (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 18:24 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 25:15 · Matt 25:16 · Matt 25:20 · Matt 25:22 · Matt 25:28 10×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 25:24 · Matt 25:25 · Matt 25:28 3×
Word Origins
τάλαντον is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain