Measures of volume
Human-made Things in the Bible
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Dry measure
Name: Kor (kor, koros)
Equivalence: 10 ephahs
Metric: 220 liters
Imperial: 6 bushels
Name: Homer (chomer)
Equivalence: 10 ephahs
Metric: 220 liters
Imperial: 6 bushels
Name: Artabē
Equivalence: -- -
Metric: 50 liters
Imperial: 12.5 gallons
Name: Ephah (’eyfah)
Equivalence: -- -
Metric: 22 liters
Imperial: 0.6 bushels
Name: Seah (se’ah, saton)
Equivalence: 0.3 ephah
Metric: 7 liters
Imperial: 7 quarts
Name: Omer (‘omer)
Equivalence: 0.1 ephah
Metric: 2.2 liters
Imperial: 2.2 quarts
Name: Qab (qav)
Equivalence: 0.05 ephah
Metric: 1.2 liters
Imperial: 1.2 quarts
Name: Choinix
Equivalence: -- -
Metric: 1 liter
Imperial: 1 quart
Liquid measure
Name: Kor (kor)
Equivalence: 10 baths
Metric: 220 liters
Imperial: 60 gallons
Name: Metrētēs
Equivalence: -- -
Metric: 40 liters
Imperial: 10 gallons
Name: Bath (bath, batos)
Equivalence: -- -
Metric: 22 liters
Imperial: 6 gallons
Name: Hin (hin)
Equivalence: 1/6 bath
Metric: 4 liters
Imperial: 4 quarts
Name: Log (log)
Equivalence: 1/72 bath
Metric: 0.3 liter
Imperial: 0.3 quart
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Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema