STRONGS NUMBER H8626


Word Summary
taqan: to become straight
Original Word: תָּקַן
Transliteration: 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 תִּקֵּןarrange, put right; Ecclus 47:9 תיקןset in order; Assyrian takânu, be well ordered, especially Pi`el as Late Hebrew; Aramaic be established, firm, Pa`el , תֵּקֵּיןfix, arrange, prepare, etc.; Palmyrene Pa`el erect); —

Qal Infinitive construct לִתְקֹןEcclesiastes 1:15 (opposed to מְעֻוָּתbent).

Pi`el Infinitive construct לְתַקֵּןEcclesiastes 7:13 make straight (opposed to עִוָּה‎); Perfect3masculine singular תִּקֵּן12:9 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.