Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8505
תָּכַן
ta.khan · “to measure”
Used 18 times across 7 books
Definition
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)
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)
Where it appears
1 Samuel1
2 Kings1
Job1
Psalms1
Proverbs3
Isaiah2
Ezekiel9
In the text
1 Samuel 2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.2 Kings 12:12And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.Job 28:25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.Psalms 75:4I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.Proverbs 21:2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.Proverbs 24:12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?Isaiah 40:13Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath taught him?Ezekiel 18:25Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
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