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The kezayit is, by different sources, considered equal to 1 ⁄ 2 a beitza, 1 ⁄ 3 of a beitza, or not directly related to the other units of volume. The omer, which the Torah mentions as being equal to one-tenth of an ephah, [30] is equivalent to the capacity of 43.2 eggs, or what is also known as one-tenth of three seahs. [31]
A chalice (from Latin calix 'cup', taken from the Ancient Greek κύλιξ 'cup') is a drinking cup raised on a stem with a foot or base. Although it is a technical archaeological term, in modern parlance the word is now used almost exclusively for the cups used in Christian liturgy as part of a service of the Eucharist , such as a Catholic mass .
The maris was defined as being the quantity of water equal in weight to a light royal talent, [4] and was thus equal to about 30.3 L (8.0 US gal), [3] making the omer equal to about 3.64 L (0.96 US gal). The Jewish Study Bible (2014), however, places the omer at about 2.3 L (0.61 US gal). [5]
The cup is made of dark red agate which is mounted by means of a knobbed stem and two curved handles onto a base made from an inverted cup of chalcedony. The agate cup is about 9 centimeters (3.5 inches) in diameter and the total height, including base, is about 17 centimetres (7 inches) high. The lower part has Arabic inscriptions.
Usually the word mina referred to a mina of silver, but Plautus also twice mentions a mina of gold. [19] In the 4th century BC, gold was worth about 10 times the same weight of silver. [20] In Plautus, 20 minae is mentioned as the price of buying a slave. [21] It was also the price of hiring a courtesan for a year.
The Septuagint describes the table as being of solid gold, but the Masoretic Text states that it was made from acacia and gilded, with a gold border around the top; the table's dimensions are given as two ells long, one ell wide, and 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 ells high (about 2.3 m × 1.1 m × 1.7 m (8 ft × 4 ft × 6 ft)).
The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup commonly being rounded up to 240 millilitres (legal cup), but 250 ml is also used depending on the ...
And whosoever shall give to drink to one of the least of these a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward." [ 3 ] Saint Remigius : " The least of these, that is, not a prophet, or a righteous man, but one of these least."