Talent. See Measures and Weights. Exodus 25:39, Exodus 37:24, 2 Samuel 12:30, Matthew 25:25. A Jewish talent in weight contained about 3000 shekels, and is estimated to equal 125 pounds Troy measure. Reckoning silver at about 60 cents an ounce, a talent of silver would then be equal to about $1000. A talent of gold by the Oxford tables is estimated equal to $28,280, and about $27,300 by Bagster's Bible tables. An Attic talent was equal to about $960. This may be alluded to in Matthew 18:24. Talents of silver, by weight, are frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. Exodus 38:27, 1 Kings 20:39, 1 Kings 1:2-46, 1 Chronicles 29:7. Talents of gold are also noticed. Exodus 25:39, 2 Chronicles 36:3, 1 Chronicles 29:7. Also a talent of lead. Zechariah 5:7. See Money.