תָּקַן
tâqan · taw-kan'
to equalize, i.e. straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to equalize, i.e. straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose
- to equalize, i.e. straighten (intransitive or transitive)
- figuratively, to compose
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: set in order, make straight.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תָּקַן 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- be made straight1 · 33%
- make that straight1 · 33%
- and set in order1 · 33%
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.