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Lexicon :: Strong's H8505 - tāḵan

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תָּכַן
Transliteration
tāḵan
Pronunciation
taw-kan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - “[fn]Boast H1696 H7235 no H408 more H7235 so very H1364 proudly, H1364
Do not let arrogance H6277 come H3318 out of your mouth; H6310
For the LORD H3068 is a God H410 of knowledge, H1844
And with Him actions H5949 are weighed. H8505

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:25 - “When He imparted H6213 weight H4948 to the wind H7307
And meted H8505 out the waters H4325 by measure, H4060

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:3 - “The earth H776 and all H3605 who dwell H3427 in it [fn]melt; H4127
It is I who have firmly H8505 set H8505 its pillars. H5982 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:2 - All H3605 the ways H1870 of a man H376 are clean H2134 in his own sight, H5869
But the LORD H3068 weighs H8505 the [fn]motives. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:2 - Every H3605 man’s H376 way H1870 is right H3477 in his own eyes, H5869
But the LORD H3068 weighs H8505 the hearts. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If H3588 you say, H559 “See, H2005 we did not know H3045 this,” H2088
Does He not consider H995 it who weighs H8505 the hearts? H3820
And does He not know H3045 it who keeps H5341 your soul? H5315
And will He not [fn]render H7725 to man H120 according to his work? H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who H4310 has measured H4058 the [fn]waters H4325 in the hollow H8168 of His hand, H8168
And marked H8505 off H8505 the heavens H8064 by the [fn]span, H2239
And [fn]calculated H3557 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 by the 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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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:13 - 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

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:25 - “Yet you say, H559 ‘The way H1870 of the Lord H136 is not right.’ H8505 Hear H8085 now, H4994 O 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

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 O house H1004 of Israel? H3478 Is it not your ways H1870 that are not right? H8505

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:17 - “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 O house H1004 of Israel, H3478 I will judge H8199 each H376 of you according to his ways.” H1870
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