Quick Definition
to measure
Strong's Definition
to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
TWOT Reference: 2511
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַתְכֹּנֶת · תֹּכֶן · תָּכְנִית
Measure | verb pi, verb pu'al | ≈ מדד · מִשְׁקָּל
to measure, to weigh out = action by which humans or deities determine the weight or size of an object
Estimate | verb qal, verb nif
to weigh literally: to measure; hence: = action by which deities determine whether the behavior of humans is morally or ethically correct
Know | verb pi
Collocation: תכן רוּחַ
to measure (God's) spirit, to probe (God's) mind literally: to measure (God's) spirit; hence: = action by which humans determine the extent of the knowledge of a deity
Right | verb nif
to be right literally: to measure up; hence: = state in which a certain type of behavior is considered right and just
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Steady | verb pi
to keep steady literally, possibly: to keep to measure; hence: = causative action by which deities cause an object to be firmly located in a certain place
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תָּכַן] vb. regulate, measure, estimate Qal estimate
Niph. by him are actions estimated.
be adjusted to the standard, i.e. right, equitable
Pi. mete out
Pu. the silver which was measured out.
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