H8505 · תָּכַן
tâkan · taw-kan' · equal, weigh, ponder
H8505 (tâkan, pronounced taw-kan') is the Hebrew word תָּכַן in Strong’s dictionary: to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension). It appears 18 times in 13 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- תָּכַן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- tâkan
- Pronunciation
- taw-kan'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)
- Rendered in the KJV
- bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
18 occurrences in 13 verses (13 with English words of their own, 5 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “just” ×5
- “are weighed” ×1
- “are weighed out” ×1
- “has directed” ×1
- “or marked off” ×1
- “the counted” ×1
- “weighs” ×1
- “who bear up” ×1
By book
1 Samuel 1 · 2 Kings 1 · Job 1 · Psalms 1 · Proverbs 3 · Isaiah 2 · Ezekiel 4
Verses
- 1 Samuel 2:3
- 2 Kings 12:11
- Job 28:25
- Psalms 75:3
- Proverbs 16:2
- Proverbs 21:2
- Proverbs 24:12
- Isaiah 40:12
- Isaiah 40:13
- Ezekiel 18:25
- Ezekiel 18:29
- Ezekiel 33:17
- Ezekiel 33:20
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H8505.