תָּכַן takhan

Hebrew word for “to measure” · Strong’s H8505 · used 18 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

1) to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove;

How it is translated

Glosses given for takhan in context, with how often each is used:

• correct 9
• weighing 2
• measured 1
• weighed out 1
• has measured 1
• put in order 1
• one who weighs 1
• has he marked off? 1
• has he directed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 40 (2), Ezekiel 18 (2), Ezekiel 33 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Kings 12 (1), Job 28 (1), Psalms 75 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Proverbs 21 (1), Proverbs 24 (1)

Forms

• יתכן 7
• תכן 4
• ותכן 2
• יתכנו 2
• נתכנו 1
• המתכן 1
• תכנתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with takhan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 6
• לִבָּה libbah “heart” 2
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 4
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
• מִי mi “who?” 2
• מַי mayim “water” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 2
• יָדַע yada “to know” 2
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 2

Key verses

The verses using takhan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 2:3 — Talk 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.
• Job 28:25 — To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
• Psalms 75:3 — The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
• Proverbs 16:2 — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
• Proverbs 21:2 — Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
• Proverbs 24:12 — If 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…
• Isaiah 40:12 — Who 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…
• Isaiah 40:13 — Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
• Ezekiel 18:25 — Yet 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?
• Ezekiel 18:29 — Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
• Ezekiel 33:17 — Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
• Ezekiel 33:20 — Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.