8505 – תָּכַן (tachan)

to measure

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Category:	Meassurment  Weight
Hebrew:	תָּכַן (tachan)
Pronunciation:	ta-chan    Listen
Gematria:	1120(400 + 20 + 700)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	18 times in OT

Description

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)

Synonyms

תָּכַן	tachan		H8505	(18 ggr)	to measure
מֹאזֵן	mozen	♂	H3976	(15 ggr)	balance

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with tachan as root:

מַתְכֹ֫נֶת	matchonet	H4971	tally
תֹּ֫כֶן	tóchen	H8506	quantity

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word tachan was translated to the following:

γινώσκω	ginosko	G1097	know
ἑτοιμάζω	hetoimazo	G2090	prepare
εὐθέως	eutheos	G2112	immediately
εὐθύς	euthus	G2117	straight
κατευθύνω	kateuthuno	G2720	direct
στερεόω	stereoo	G4732	receive strength

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