Lexicon
τάλαντον
talanton
G5007
G:N-N Greek

talent

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Greek
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talanton denotes an amount that may be owed, entrusted, increased, hidden, or transferred in an account.

The attested use is a single accounting-and-allocation use: it names amounts in a debtor's obligation and amounts a master gives to servants, which are then gained, hidden, or reassigned.

Senses in use

  1. Amount in accounts and entrusted allocations · dominant

    In Matthew 18:24, the genitive plural form occurs in the debtor's stated obligation; the APB renders the verse, "one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him." In Matthew 25:15, Matthew 25:16, Matthew 25:20, Matthew 25:25, and Matthew 25:28, accusative singular and plural forms designate amounts given by a master, worked with and increased, hidden in the earth, or taken from one servant and given to another.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term with "talent" or "talents" in the supplied verses, including amounts owed, delivered, gained, hidden, and reassigned. Those English terms confirm the verse-level presentation rather than establish a finer distinction.

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