# H8505 תָּכַן

תָּכַן (tâkan), Strong’s H8505: 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…

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*tâkan* — 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.

Occurs 18 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [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.

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 2:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=3) — “Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of…
- [2 Kings 12:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/12?v=12) — 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…
- [Isaiah 40:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=12) — Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of…
- [Isaiah 40:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=13) — Who has directed the LORD’s Spirit, or has taught him as his counselor?
- [Ezekiel 18:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=25) — “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…
- [Ezekiel 18:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=29) — 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…
- [Ezekiel 33:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/33?v=17) — “‘Yet the children of your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair;” but as for them, their way is not fair.
- [Ezekiel 33:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/33?v=20) — Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.” House of Israel, I will judge every one of you after his ways.’”
- [Psalms 75:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/75?v=4) — The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
- [Proverbs 16:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=2) — All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives.