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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #8505 - תָּכַן

Transliteration

tâkan

Phonetics

taw-kan'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2511

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove
1. (Qal) estimate (participle)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be estimated
  2. to be made even or right, be adjusted to the standard
3. (Piel) to weigh out, mete out
4. (Pual)
  1. to be weighed out, be measured out
  2. measured out (participle)

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

Verse Results

ASV (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

BSB (14)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

CSB (14)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

ESV (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

KJV (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

LEB (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

LSB (19)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

N95 (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Ezekiel 9

NAS (19)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Ezekiel 9

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 2

Ezekiel 9

ASV (18)

and meted out 1

are weighed 1

equal 2

i have set up 1

is not equal 5

not this; doth not he that weigheth 1

that was weighed 1

unequal 2

weigheth 2

who hath directed 1

yea, he meteth 1

BSB (14)

are weighed 2

has directed 1

just 5

or marked off 1

the counted 1

weighs 1

who bear up 1

who weighs 1

CSB (14)

are weighed 1

directed 1

evaluates 2

fair 5

limited 1

off 1

the counted 1

who steadies 1

who weighs 1

ESV (18)

apportioned 1

just 9

keep steady 1

marked off 1

measured 1

pondereth 1

weighed 1

weighed out 1

weighs 2

KJV (18)

directed 1

equal 7

out 1

pondereth 2

told 1

unequal 2

up 1

weighed 1

weigheth 2

LEB (18)

⌋ 1

and he apportioned 1

and marked off 1

fair 8

has measured up 1

he who weighs 1

steady 1

weighed 1

weighs 2

which was weighed out 1

LSB (19)

encompassed 2

firmly 1

meted 1

right 9

set 1

weighed 2

weighs 3

N95 (18)

directed 1

marked 1

meted 1

off 1

right 9

weighed 2

weighs 3

NAS (19)

assessed 2

directed 1

examines 2

firmly 1

measured 1

right 9

set 1

weighed 1

weighs 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

and marked off 1

are weighed 1

fair 1

i firmly hold 1

is not equal 4

is not fair 1

not equal 1

that was weighed 1

unequal 1

unfair 1

weighs 2

who has directed 1

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)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[תָּכַן] verb regulate, measure, estimate (compare Aramaic Pa`el תַּכֵּן (rare) prepare (= הֵכִין, כּוֺנֵן); according to Ry^{Syn. d. Wahren u. Guten 33} a secondary √ from כון); —

Qal Participle estimate, figurative: ׳וְתֹכֵן רוּחוֺת י Proverbs 16:2, so (לִבּוֺת) Proverbs 21:2; Proverbs 24:12.

Niph`al 1. Perfect 3 plural נִתְכְּנוּ עֲלִלוֺת [לוֺ] וְלֹא 1 Samuel 2:3 by him (׳י) are actions estimated

2 Imperfect, be adjusted to the standard, i.e. right, equitable: subject דֶרֶח (of ׳י and of Israel), 3 masculine singular יִתָּכֵן Ezekiel 18:25 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:20; 3 masculine plural יִתָּֽכְנוּ Ezekiel 18:29, יִתָּכֵ֑נוּ Ezekiel 18:25.

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular: mete out, מַיִם תִּכֵּן בְּמִדָּה Job 28:25; ׳וְשָׁמַיִם בַּזֶּרֶת ת Isaiah 40:12 ("" מדד, כול); ׳אֶתרֿוּחַ י׳מִי ת Isaiah 40:13 (see

Qal; read possibly הֵבִין or הֵכִין); 1 singular תִּכַּ֫נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶיהָ Psalm 75:4 I regulate (or adjust) her pillars (i.e. of earth).

Pu`al Participle הַכֶּסֶף הַמְּתֻכָּן 2 Kings 12:12 the silver which was measured out.

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