{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8505",
  "lemma": "תָּכַן",
  "transliteration": "tâkan",
  "definition": "to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively, arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment. estimate, test)",
  "kjv": "bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.",
  "occurrences": 18,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[תָּכַן] vb. regulate, measure, estimate",
    "Qal estimate",
    "Niph.",
    "1. by him are actions estimated.",
    "2. be adjusted to the standard, i.e. right, equitable",
    "Pi. mete out",
    "Pu. the silver which was measured out."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:3",
      "text": "“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 12:12",
      "text": "They gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the LORD’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/12?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:12",
      "text": "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:13",
      "text": "Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 18:25",
      "text": "“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren’t your ways…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 18:29",
      "text": "Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ House of Israel, aren’t my ways fair? Aren’t your ways…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 33:17",
      "text": "“‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/33?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 33:20",
      "text": "Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/33?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 75:4",
      "text": "The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/75?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 16:2",
      "text": "All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=2"
    }
  ],
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