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Lexicon :: Strong's H2912 - ṭāḥan

Aa
טָחַן
Transliteration
ṭāḥan
Pronunciation
taw-khan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 802

Strong’s Definitions

טָחַן ṭâchan, taw-khan'; a primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment):—grind(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H2912 in the following manner: grind (7x), grinder (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H2912 in the following manner: grind (7x), grinder (1x).

  1. (Qal) to grind, crush

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָחַן ṭâchan, taw-khan'; a primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment):—grind(-er).
STRONGS H2912: Abbreviations
† [טָחַן] verb grind (Late Hebrew crush, olives, etc.; Aramaic bdb037706 טְחַן grind; Arabic bdb037707 grind; Ethiopic bdb037708: polenta, farina bordacea) —
Qal Perfect וְטָֽחֲנוּ Numbers 11:8; Imperfect וַיִּטְחַן Exodus 32:20; 3rd person feminine singular תִּטְחַן Job 31:10; 2nd person masculine plural תִּטְחָ֑נוּ Isaiah 3:15; Infinitive absolute טָחוֺן Deuteronomy 9:21; Imperative feminine singular טַחֲנִי Isaiah 47:2; Participle טוֺחֵן Judges 16:21; טֹחֲנוֺת Ecclesiastes 12:3; — grind, the work of women, with accusative, with millstones רֵחַיִם Numbers 11:8 (J E; object the manna), Isaiah 47:2 (object קָ֑מַח), this figurative of humiliation of Babylon; absolute Judges 16:21; תטחן לאחר אשׁתי Job 31:10, i.e. serve him as his slave; no object expressed Exodus 32:20 (E), Deuteronomy 9:21 (of golden calf); הַטֹּחֲנוֺת Ecclesiastes 12:3 = the teeth (compare Arabic bdb037709 molar teeth; so in Lexicons Syriac bdb037710, bdb037711); מְּנֵי עֲנִיִּים ט׳ Isaiah 3:15 the face of the poor ye grind, figurative of extreme oppression.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

32:20; 32:20

Numbers

11:8; 11:8

Deuteronomy

9:21; 9:21

Judges

16:21; 16:21

Job

31:10; 31:10

Ecclesiastes

12:3; 12:3

Isaiah

3:15; 3:15; 47:2; 47:2

H2912

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Strong's Number H2912 matches the Hebrew טָחַן (ṭāḥan),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:20 - Then he took H3947 the calf H5695 which H834 they had made H6213 and completely H8313 burned H8313 it with fire H784, and ground H2912 it to powder H834 H1854, and scattered H2219 it over H5921 the surface H6440 of the water H4325 and made H8248 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 drink H8248 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people H5971 would roam H7751 about H7751 and gather H3950 it and grind H2912 it [fn]between two millstones H7347, or H176 pound H1743 it in the mortar H4085, and boil H1310 it in the pot H6517 and make H6213 loaves H5692 with it; and its taste H2940 was like the taste H2940 of [fn]cake H3955 baked with oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - “And I took H3947 your [fn]sinful H2403 thing which H834 you had made H6213, the calf H5695, and burned H8313 it in the fire H784 and crushed H3807 it, grinding H2912 it thoroughly H3190 until H5704 H834 it was as fine H1854 as dust H6083; and I threw H7993 its dust H6083 into the stream H5158 that came H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines H6430 seized H270 him and gouged H5365 out H5365 his eyes H5869; and they brought H3381 him down H3381 to Gaza H5804 and restrained H631 him with bronze H5178 chains H5178, and he became H1961 a grinder H2912 in the prison H1004 H631.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:10 -

May my wife H802 grind H2912 grain for another H312,

And let others H312 [fn]kneel H3766 down H3766 over H5921 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - on the day H3117 that the watchmen H8104 of the house H1004 tremble H2111, and strong H2428 men H376 are bent H5791 over H5791, the grinders H2912 stop H988 working H988 because H3588 they are H4591 few H4591, and those who look H7200 through [fn]windows H699 grow H2821 [fn]dim H2821;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:15 -

“What H4100 do you mean by crushing H1792 My people H5971

And [fn]oppressing H2912 the face H6440 of the poor H6041?”

Declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:2 -

“Take H3947 the millstones H7347 and grind H2912 flour H7058.

Remove H1540 your veil H6777, strip H2834 off H2834 the skirt H7640,

Uncover H1540 the leg H7785, cross H5674 the rivers H5104.

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