Quick Definition
be straight
Strong's Definition
to equalize, i.e. straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: set in order, make straight.
TWOT Reference: 2540
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
תָּקַן (ta.qan) — be straight. 1) to equalise, make straight, become straight 1a) (Qal) to become straight 1b) (Piel) to make straight, put straight, arrange in order, set in order 1c) (Hophal) to be established, be reestablished, confirm Aramaic equivalent: te.qan (תְּקַן "to confirm" H8627)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אֶלְתְּקֹן
Shape | verb qal
to be, become straight = state in which an object extends uniformly in one direction only, without a curve or bend; ≈ associated with just behavior
Shape | verb pi
to make straight (what God has made crooked) = causative action by which humans cause an object to extend uniformly in one direction only, without a curve or bend
Compile | verb pi
to arrange in order, to organize = causative action by which humans arrange short passages of text in an orderly fashion so that it becomes a well organized text
Strong | verb hof
to be established = state in which humans are firmly in a position of power
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תָּקַן] vb. become straight; Qal Ec 1:15
Pi. put straight, arrange in order (proverbs).
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