H8505 תָּכַן

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 18 KJV occurrences

תָּכַן

tâkan · taw-kan'

Definition

to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)

KJV Renderings

bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 18)

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.
Job 28:25To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Proverbs 16:2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
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?
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 18:25¶ 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 18:29Yet 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.