Matkhonet מַתְכֹ֫נֶת
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| מַתְכֹ֫נֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | matkhonet |
| Strong's number | H4971 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | tally |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (3) |
Matkhonet (Hebrew מַתְכֹ֫נֶת, Strong's H4971) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “tally”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) measurement, proportion, tale
1a) tale, tally (of bricks)
1b) measurement, proportion
1a) tale, tally (of bricks)
1b) measurement, proportion
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | composition (2), tale (1), state (1), measure (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | same quota (1), same formula (1), this formula (1), its specifications (1), standard measure (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Matkhonet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 5:8And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
- Exodus 30:32Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
- Exodus 30:37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord.You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 24:13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).