Takan means “weigh” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8505 תָּכַן (takan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. takan (taw-kan') v. 1. to balance, i.e. to measure out (by weight or dimension) 2. (figuratively) to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling It has 13 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include out, measure, and balance. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
takan (taw-kan') v. 1. to balance, i.e. to measure out (by weight or dimension) 2. (figuratively) to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling 3. (mentally) to estimate, test [a primitive root] KJV: bear up, direct, be ((un-))equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8505. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to measure
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render takan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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13 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8505.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him?
Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8505, grouped by book.
Takan (Strong's H8505) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "weigh". takan (taw-kan') v. 1. to balance, i.e. to measure out (by weight or dimension) 2. (figuratively) to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's H8505 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8505 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as out, measure, and balance. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.