Strong's Number 8505

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

takan {taw-kan'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2511

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

equal 7, weigh 3, pondereth 2, unequal 2, directed 1, misc 3

Total: 18

Definition:

to regulate, measure, estimate, ponder, balance, make even, level, weigh, be equal, be weighed out, test, prove
1. (Qal) estimate (participle)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be estimated
  2. to be made even or right, be adjusted to the standard
3. (Piel) to weigh out, mete out
4. (Pual)
  1. to be weighed out, be measured out
  2. measured out (participle)