מַתְכֹנֶת
mathkôneth · math-ko'-neth
proportion (in size, number or ingredients)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַתְכֻנֶת; from H8505 (תָּכַן) in the transferred sense of measuring;
proportion (in size, number or ingredients)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: composition, measure, state, tale.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַתְכֹנֶת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the tale1 · 20%
- any other like it, after the composition1 · 20%
- to yourselves according to the composition1 · 20%
- in his state1 · 20%
- the measure1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.