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Lexicon :: Strong's H8505 - tāḵan

Aa
תָּכַן
Transliteration
tāḵan
Pronunciation
taw-kan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2511

Strong’s Definitions

תָּכַן tâkan, taw-kan'; a primitive root; to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test):—bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H8505 in the following manner: equal (7x), weigh (3x), pondereth (2x), unequal (2x), directed (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H8505 in the following manner: equal (7x), weigh (3x), pondereth (2x), unequal (2x), directed (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. 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)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תָּכַן tâkan, taw-kan'; a primitive root; to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test):—bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
STRONGS H8505: Abbreviations
† [תָּכַן] verb regulate, measure, estimate (compare Aramaic Pa. תַּכֵּן (rare) prepare (= הֵכִין, כּוֺנֵן); according to RySyn. 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.
1. Perfect 3rd person 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), 3rd person masculine singular יִתָּכֵן Ezekiel 18:25 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:20; 3rd person masculine plural יִתָּֽכְנוּ Ezekiel 18:29, יִתָּכֵ֑נוּ Ezekiel 18:25.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person 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); 1st person singular תִּכַּ֫נְתִּי עַמּוּדֶיהָ Psalm 75:4 I regulate (or adjust) her pillars (i.e. of earth).
Pu. Participle הַכֶּסֶף הַמְּתֻכָּן 2 Kings 12:12 the silver which was measured out.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:3

2 Kings

12:12

Job

28:25

Psalms

75:4

Proverbs

16:2; 21:2; 24:12

Isaiah

40:12; 40:13

Ezekiel

18:25; 18:25; 18:29; 18:29; 33:17; 33:20

H8505

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Strong's Number H8505 matches the Hebrew תָּכַן (tāḵan),
which occurs 18 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“Do not go on [fn]boasting H1696 H7235 so very H1364 proudly H1364,

Do not let arrogance H6277 come H3318 out H3318 of your mouth H6310;

For the LORD H3068 is a God H410 of knowledge H1844,

And [fn]with Him actions H5949 are weighed H8505.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - And they handed H5414 H3027 the money H3701 which was assessed H8505 over H5414 to those who did H6213 the work H4399, who had H6485 the oversight H6485 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and they [fn]paid H3318 it out H3318 to the carpenters H2796 H6086 and the builders H1129 who worked H6213 on the house H1004 of the LORD H3068;

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“When He imparted H6213 weight H4948 to the wind H7307,

And assessed H8505 the waters H4325 by measure H4060,

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“The earth H776 and all H3605 who inhabit H3427 it [fn]are H4127 unsteady H4127;

It is I who have firmly H8505 set H8505 its pillars H5982. Selah H5542

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All H3605 the ways H1870 of a person H376 are clean H2134 in his own sight H5869,

But the LORD H3068 examines H8505 the [fn]motives H7307.

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Every H3605 person’s H376 way H1870 is right H3477 in his own eyes H5869,

But the LORD H3068 examines H8505 the hearts H3820.

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If H3588 you say H559, “See H2005, we did not know H3045 this H2088,”

Does He who weighs H8505 the hearts H3820 not consider H995 it?

And does He who watches H5341 over H5341 your soul H5315 not know H3045 it?

And will He not [fn]repay H7725 a person H120 according to his work H6467?

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Who H4310 has measured H4058 the [fn]waters H4325 in the hollow H8168 of H8168 His hand H8168,

And measured H8505 the heavens H8064 with a [fn]span H2239,

And [fn]calculated H3557 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 with a measure H7991,

And weighed H8254 the mountains H2022 in a balance H6425

And the hills H1389 in a pair of scales H3976?

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Who H4310 has [fn]directed H8505 the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068,

Or as His counselor H376 H6098 has informed H3045 Him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:25 - “Yet you say H559, ‘The way H1870 of the Lord H136 is not right H8505.’ Hear H8085 now H4994, house H1004 of Israel H3478! Is My way H1870 not right H8505? Is it not your ways H1870 that are not right H8505?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:29 - “But the house H1004 of Israel H3478 says H559, ‘The way H1870 of the Lord H136 is not right H8505.’ Are My ways H1870 not right H8505, house H1004 of Israel H3478? Is it not your ways H1870 that are not right H8505?

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“Yet [fn]your fellow H1121 H5971 citizens H5971 say H559, ‘The way H1870 of the Lord H136 is not right H8505,’ when it is their own way H1870 that is not right H8505.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:20 - “Yet you say H559, ‘The way H1870 of the Lord H136 is not right H8505.’ I will judge H8199 each H376 of you according to his ways H1870, house H1004 of Israel H3478.”
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