Measures of capacity in the Bible

Grain was measured by the ephah and the homer, oil and wine by the bath and the hin; the ephah and the bath are the same size. The New Testament adds the Greek and Roman measures: the choinix, the modius and the metretes.

Конвертор

Количина

Унесите ненегативан број до 1 000 000: 2, 0,5 или 1/4.

Из

= 1 Bath

У метричким јединицама: ≈ 21–40 л, обично 22 л

Capacity

Јединица	Једнако је	Величина	Места у Писму
Ephah СЗ אֵיפָה eyfah The basic dry measure, equal to the liquid bath. About 22 l by jars marked «bath»; Josephus gives a larger value, about 39 l.		≈ 21–40 л обично 22 л ^[1][2]	2. Мојсијева 16:36, Рута 2:17, Језекиљ 45:11
Bath СЗ בַּת bat The basic liquid measure, equal to the ephah (Ezekiel 45:11).	= 1 × Ephah	≈ 21–40 л обично 22 л	1. Царевима 7:26, Исаија 5:10, Језекиљ 45:14
Homer СЗ חֹמֶר homer Ten ephahs, a donkey's load.	= 10 × Ephah	≈ 210–400 л обично 220 л	3. Мојсијева 27:16, Језекиљ 45:11, Осија 3:2
Kor СЗ כֹּר kor Equal to the homer, ten baths (Ezekiel 45:14).	= 1 × Homer	≈ 210–400 л обично 220 л	Језекиљ 45:14, Јездрина 7:22
Lethek СЗ לֶתֶךְ letekh Traditionally half a homer; the word occurs once.	≈ 1/2 × Homer	≈ 105–200 л обично 110 л	Осија 3:2
Seah СЗ סְאָה seah A third of an ephah.	= 1/3 × Ephah	≈ 7–13,3 л обично 7,33 л	1. Мојсијева 18:6, 1. Самуилова 25:18, 2. Царевима 7:1
Omer СЗ עֹמֶר omer A tenth of an ephah, the daily portion of manna for one person.	= 1/10 × Ephah	≈ 2,1–4 л обично 2,2 л	2. Мојсијева 16:16, 2. Мојсијева 16:36
Tenth deal СЗ עִשָּׂרוֹן issaron A tenth of an ephah, the measure of flour for offerings; the same amount as the omer.	= 1/10 × Ephah	≈ 2,1–4 л обично 2,2 л	2. Мојсијева 29:40, 4. Мојсијева 15:4
Kab СЗ קַב qav A sixth of a seah, about 1.2 l.	= 1/6 × Seah	≈ 1,17–2,22 л обично 1,22 л	2. Царевима 6:25
Hin СЗ הִין hin A sixth of a bath, the measure of wine and oil for offerings.	= 1/6 × Bath	≈ 3,5–6,67 л обично 3,67 л	2. Мојсијева 29:40, Језекиљ 45:24
Log СЗ לֹג log The smallest liquid measure, a twelfth of a hin, about 0.3 l.	= 1/12 × Hin	≈ 0,292–0,556 л обично 0,306 л	3. Мојсијева 14:10
Pot (xestes) НЗ ξέστης xestēs The Roman sextarius, about half a litre; also a jug of that size.		≈ 0,5–0,55 л обично 0,54 л ^[1]	Марко 7:4
Choinix НЗ χοῖνιξ choinix Two xestai, about a litre of grain, a day's ration for a man.	= 2 × Pot (xestes)	≈ 1–1,1 л обично 1,08 л	Откривење 6:6
Bushel (modios) НЗ μόδιος modios The Roman modius of sixteen sextarii, about 8.7 l; the «bushel» under which no one puts a lamp.	= 16 × Pot (xestes)	≈ 8–8,8 л обично 8,64 л	Матеј 5:15, Марко 4:21, Лука 11:33
Measure (metretes) НЗ μετρητής metrētēs The Attic liquid measure of 72 xestai, about 39 l.	= 72 × Pot (xestes)	≈ 36–39,6 л обично 38,9 л	Јован 2:6
Measure (saton) НЗ σάτον saton The Hebrew seah in Greek form.	= 1 × Seah	≈ 7–13,3 л обично 7,33 л	Матеј 13:33, Лука 13:21
Measure (batos) НЗ βάτος batos The Hebrew bath in Greek form, a measure of oil.	= 1 × Bath	≈ 21–40 л обично 22 л	Лука 16:6
Measure (koros) НЗ κόρος koros The Hebrew kor in Greek form, a measure of wheat.	= 1 × Kor	≈ 210–400 л обично 220 л	Лука 16:7

Износи и мере у Писму

Место	Места у Писму	Количина	Еквивалент
An omer of manna for each person	2. Мојсијева 16:16	1 × Omer	≈ 2,1–4 л
Ruth's ephah of barley	Рута 2:17	1 × Ephah	≈ 21–40 л
A quarter of a kab in the siege of Samaria	2. Царевима 6:25	1/4 × Kab	≈ 0,292–0,556 л
The bronze sea	1. Царевима 7:26	2 000 × Bath	≈ 42 000–80 000 л
The water jars at Cana, two or three measures each	Јован 2:6	2 × Measure (metretes)	≈ 72–79,2 л
Leaven in three measures of flour	Матеј 13:33	3 × Measure (saton)	≈ 21–40 л
A hundred measures of oil	Лука 16:6	100 × Measure (batos)	≈ 2 100–4 000 л
A hundred measures of wheat	Лука 16:7	100 × Measure (koros)	≈ 21 000–40 000 л

Извори

Marvin A. Powell. Weights and Measures // The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. D. N. Freedman. Vol. 6. New York: Doubleday, 1992
R. B. Y. Scott. Weights and Measures of the Bible // The Biblical Archaeologist 22, no. 2 (1959)