Biblical Units Converter
Ancient measurements were not always uniform, but Bible studies, archaeology, and rabbinic sources give us practical ranges. This tool uses commonly cited modern equivalents to let you work with cubits, ephahs, talents and more, and convert them to SI / imperial units for teaching, research, or sermons.
Converted 1 cubit → 0.45 m
Length result
0.45
Reference (our chosen baselines)
| Length | |
|---|---|
| Unit | To meters (m) |
| cubit | 0.45 m (common) |
| span | 0.23 m |
| handbreadth / palm | 0.08 m |
| finger / digit | 0.02 m |
| Volume | |
|---|---|
| Unit | To liters (L) |
| homer / cor | 220 L |
| ephah / bath | 22 L |
| seah | 7.3 L |
| omer | 2 L |
| hin | 4 L |
| log | 0.3 L |
| Weight | |
|---|---|
| Unit | To grams (g) |
| talent | 34272 g |
| mina | 571.2 g |
| shekel | 11.424 g |
| beka (½ shekel) | 5.712 g |
| gerah (1/20 shekel) | 0.5712 g |
About variability
Sources disagree because actual jars, weights and cubits from biblical periods differ slightly. We picked values close to many online converters and study Bibles (ephah ≈ 22 L, homer = 10 ephah = 220 L, cubit ≈ 45 cm, talent ≈ 34 kg) so you can stay consistent across your document.
Formula
General:
\( \text{target value} = \text{input value} \times \frac{\text{factor of source}}{\text{factor of target}} \)
where factors are all expressed in the same base (m, L, g).
Example
Convert 3 ephah to liters:
\( 3 \times 22 = 66 \) L
Convert 2 talents to kg:
\( 2 \times 34.272 = 68.544 \) kg
Formula (LaTeX) + variables + units
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General: \( \text{target value} = \text{input value} \times \frac{\text{factor of source}}{\text{factor of target}} \) where factors are all expressed in the same base (m, L, g).
- No variables provided in audit spec.
- NIST — Weights and measures — nist.gov · Accessed 2026-01-19
https://www.nist.gov/pml/weights-and-measures - NIST — SI units — nist.gov · Accessed 2026-01-19
https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si/si-units
Last code update: 2026-01-19
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