תָּכַן tâkan

Hebrew · Strong's H8505 · pronounced taw-kan' · used 18 times in 13 verses

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.

Derivation: a primitive root;

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Where it is used

1 Samuel 2:3 Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.
2 Kings 12:11 Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,
Job 28:25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
Psalms 75:3 When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
Proverbs 16:2 All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
Proverbs 21:2 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Proverbs 24:12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
Isaiah 40:13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
Ezekiel 18:25 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Ezekiel 18:29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Ezekiel 33:17 Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
Ezekiel 33:20 Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”