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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #8505 - תָּכַן

Transliteration

tâkan

Phonetics

taw-kan'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

2511

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove

1a) (Qal) estimate (participle)

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be estimated

1b2) to be made even or right, be adjusted to the standard

1c) (Piel) to weigh out, mete out

1d) (Pual)

1d1) to be weighed out, be measured out

1d2) measured out (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2090 ‑ ἑτοιμάζω (het‑oy‑mad'‑zo); 2112 ‑ εὐθέως (yoo‑theh'‑oce); 2117 ‑ εὐθύς (yoo‑thoos'); 4732 ‑ στερεόω (ster‑eh‑o'‑o); 2720 ‑ κατευθύνω (kat‑yoo‑thoo'‑no); 1097 ‑ γινώσκω (ghin‑oce'‑ko);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (18)

1 Samuel

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

NAS (20)

1 Samuel

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

HCS (18)

1 Samuel

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

BSB (18)

1 Samuel

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

ESV (17)

1 Samuel

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

WEB (18)

1 Samuel

2 Kings

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Verse Results

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2893) n k t (תכנ TKN) AC: Weigh CO: Measure AB: Sum

V) n k t (תכנ TKN) - Weigh: To measure out by weight. KJV (18): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Pual, Piel, Participle) equal, weigh, ponder, unequal, direct, meter - Strongs: H8505 (תָּכַן)

N^f4) t i n k t (תכנית TKNYT) - Sum: An amount weighted out. KJV (2): sum, pattern - Strongs: H8508 (תָּכְנִית)

d^f1) e n f k t (תכונה TKWNH) - Treasure: As weighed out. KJV (2): fashion, store - Strongs: H8498 (תְּכוּנָה)

g^m) n k f t (תוכנ TWKN) - Measure: An amount weighted out. KJV (2): tale, measure - Strongs: H8506 (תֹּכֶן)

ac^f2) t n f k t m (מתכונת MTKWNT) - Sum: An amount weighted out. KJV (5): tale - Strongs: H4971 (מַתְכֻנֶת)

ad^f2) t n f k t m (מתכונת MTKWNT) - Measure: An amount weighted out. KJV (5): composition, state, measure - Strongs: H4971 (מַתְכֻנֶת)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

תָּכַן

(1) pr. to make even, to level (kindred to תָּקַן). See Niphal.

(2) to poise, to weigh (from the equilibrium of the balance); metaph. to prove, try, examine, Proverbs 16:2, תֹּכֵן רוּחוֹת יְהֹוָה “Jehovah proves the spirits;” Proverbs 21:2, 24:12.

Niphal, prop. to be levelled, made even, as a way; figuratively, to be right, as a course of acting (compare יָשַׁר), Ezekiel 18:25, 29 Ezekiel 18:29, 33:17, 20 Ezekiel 33:20; 1 Samuel 2:3. Compare תָּכַן.

Piel תִּכֵּן

(1) to weigh, e.g. waters, Job 28:25 hence to prove, to examine Isaiah 40:13.

(2) to measure, Isaiah 40:12, “who hath measured heaven with a span?” in the other member there is מָדָד, שָׁקַל.

(3) to set up, to fix, by a level, Psalms 75:4.

Pual, part. to be weighed out (money), 2 Kings 12:12.

Derivatives, תֹּכֶן, תָּכְנִית, מַתְכֹּנֶת.

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List of Word Forms

הַֽמְתֻכָּ֔ן המתכן וְתֹכֵ֖ן ותכן יִתָּֽכְנּוּ֙ יִתָּכֵ֔ן יִתָּכֵ֖ן יִתָּכֵֽן׃ יִתָּכֵֽנוּ׃ יתכן יתכן׃ יתכנו יתכנו׃ נִתְכְּנ֖וּ נתכנו תִּכֵּ֔ן תִּכֵּ֥ן תִכֵּ֥ן תִכַּ֖נְתִּי תֹ֘כֵ֤ן תכן תכנתי ham·ṯuk·kān hamtukKan hamṯukkān niṯ·kə·nū nitkeNu niṯkənū ṯik·kan·tî tik·kên ṯik·kên tikKanti ṯikkantî tikKen tikkên ṯikkên ṯō·ḵên toChen ṯōḵên vetoChen wə·ṯō·ḵên wəṯōḵên yit·tā·ḵê·nū yit·tā·ḵên yit·tā·ḵən·nū yittaChen yittachenNu yittaChenu yittāḵên yittāḵənnū yittāḵênū

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