תָּכַן (ta.khan) means “to measure” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: taw-kan' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
תָּכַן · ta.khan · to measure
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)
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a primitive root; to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)
KJV glosses: bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| just | 5 |
| are weighed | 1 |
| are weighed out | 1 |
| has directed | 1 |
| or marked off | 1 |
| the counted | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| weighs | 1 |
| who bear up | 1 |
| who weighs | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| is not equal | 5 |
| equal | 2 |
| unequal | 2 |
| and he weigheth | 1 |
| and meted out | 1 |
| are weighed | 1 |
| being told | 1 |
| i bear up | 1 |
| it not doth not he that pondereth | 1 |
| pondereth | 1 |
| weigheth | 1 |
| who hath directed | 1 |
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Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
Read word by wordThen they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.12
When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
Read word by wordWhen the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 75.4
All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Read word by wordAll a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Read word by wordIf you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Read word by wordWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
Read word by wordWho has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
Read word by wordYet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Read word by wordYet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Read word by wordYet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
Read word by wordYet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
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