H4971 מַתְכֹנֶת (mathkôneth) math-ko'-neth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

tally

Strong's Definition

proportion (in size, number or ingredients)

Derivation: or מַתְכֻנֶת; from H8505 (תָּכַן) in the transferred sense of measuring;

KJV Usage: composition, measure, state, tale.

TWOT Reference: 2511c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) measurement, proportion, tale

1a) tale, tally (of bricks)

1b) measurement, proportion

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2470 G4714

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַתְכֹ֫נֶת (mat.kho.net) — tally. 1) measurement, proportion, tale 1a) tale, tally (of bricks) 1b) measurement, proportion

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַתְכֹּנֶת (H4971)

noun f · תכן

Quantity

number, quantity, volume = the size or quantity of objects

EXO 5:8 · EZK 45:11

Quantity

plan, structure, composition = a complete set of measures, quantities and sizes for something to be built or prepared

EXO 30:32 · EXO 30:37 · 2CH 24:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַתְכֹ֫נֶת n.f. measurement, tale, proportion base

Bible Occurrences (5)

5:8 30:32 30:37

24:13

45:11

Exodus 5:8

But require of them the same quota of bricks as before...; do not reduce it.... For they are lazy; that is why... they are crying out..., Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

Exodus 30:32

It must not be used to anoint... an ordinary man..., and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

Exodus 30:37

You are never to use... this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy... to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:13

So the workmen... labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

Ezekiel 45:11

The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure [for both].