King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8626
Transliteration: taqan
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-kan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to become straight
Meaning: to equalize, straighten, to compose
Word Summary
taqan: to become straight
Original Word: תָּקַןTransliteration: taqan
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-kan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to become straight
Meaning: to equalize, straighten, to compose
Strong's Concordance
set in order, make straight A primitive root; to equalize, i.e. Straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose -- set in order, make straight.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8626. taqan
[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 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.