Lexicon taqan: to become straight Original Word: תָּקַןPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: taqan Phonetic Spelling: (taw-kan') Short Definition: arranged NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto become straight NASB Translationarranged (1), straighten (1), straightened (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ תָּקַן] verb become straight (Late Hebrew תִּקֵּן arrange, put right; Ecclus 47:9 תיקן set in order; Assyrian takânu, be well ordered, especially Pi`el as Late Hebrew; Aramaic  be established, firm, Pa`el  , תֵּקֵּין fix, arrange, prepare, etc.; Palmyrene Pa`el erect); — Qal Infinitive construct לִתְקֹן Ecclesiastes 1:15 (opposed to מְעֻוָּת bent). Pi`el Infinitive construct לְתַקֵּן Ecclesiastes 7:13 make straight (opposed to עִוָּה); Perfect3masculine singular תִּקֵּן Ecclesiastes 12:9 put straight, arrange in order (proverbs). [תְּקַן] verb be in order (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew (late)); — Hoph`al Perfect1singular הָתְקְנֵת (WCG 225) Daniel 4:33 I was established, עַל of kingdom.
Strong's set in order, make straight A primitive root; to equalize, i.e. Straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose -- set in order, make straight. |
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