Baths (biblical) to Milliliters (bath to mL)

1 bath (biblical) equals 22,000 milliliters exactly.

1 bath (biblical) = 22,000 milliliters

How to convert baths (biblical) to milliliters

To convert baths (biblical) to milliliters, multiply the number of baths (biblical) by 22,000. This factor is exact. To go the other way, multiply milliliters by 0.00004545454545 (rounded).

milliliters = baths (biblical) × 22,000

Example: 10 baths (biblical) = 220,000 milliliters.

Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.

Approximate value. Standards for the bath (biblical) varied by place and period, so this converter uses the most commonly cited value. Treat results as estimates, not exact figures.

About these units

Bath (biblical) (bath)

Biblical (Hebrew)Historical unit (no longer in standard use)Approximate value

About 22 L, the same size as the dry ephah, estimated from excavated jars. Values differ between sources.

Bath is the English form of the Hebrew word bat, the liquid measure of ancient Israel. It served for oil, wine and water, and the prophet Ezekiel gives its place in the system: the bath and the dry ephah were equal, and each was a tenth of a homer. Later rabbinic tables count it as 72 log, or six hin, which fixes its rank among the smaller liquid units.

Its absolute size rests on archaeology rather than on any written definition. Herbert May studied storage jars from Tell Beit Mirsim marked bath and royal bath, and arrived at roughly 22 litres, the figure used here. Other reconstructions run higher, and sources that build on later Talmudic eggs and fingers produce quite different results, so the value should be read as an estimate with a wide margin. In modern terms a bath is about the contents of a 20 litre water cooler bottle.

1 bath (biblical) = 22 liters (approximately).

Sources: Wikipedia: Bath (unit); Wikipedia: Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement

Milliliter (mL)

Metric (SI)Current unit

One thousandth of a liter, or exactly 1 cubic centimeter. Used for medicine, cooking and small containers.

Milliliters inherit everything from the liter, since the prefix simply means one thousandth. Because the liter is a cubic decimeter, a milliliter works out to exactly one cubic centimeter, a coincidence the metric system built in on purpose so that volume, length and mass interlock. One milliliter of water has a mass of about one gram, so a dosing syringe, a kitchen scale and a measuring jug can all be checked against one another.

Today milliliters dominate wherever small amounts must be measured precisely: medicine, flavorings, perfume, shampoo and the fine print on drink labels. Spelling is a mild regional split, with uppercase mL preferred in the United States, Canada and Australia and lowercase ml common in the UK and Europe. For scale, a US teaspoon is just under 5 mL, a US tablespoon is about 14.8 mL, and the US nutrition-label cup is exactly 240 mL, so one such cup is 240 of these tiny units.

1 milliliter = 0.001 liters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Litre; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume; 21 CFR 101.9: nutrition labeling household measures

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