Tokhen תֹּ֫כֶן
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| תֹּ֫כֶן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | tokhen |
| Strong's number | H8506 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | quantity |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (1) |
Tokhen (Hebrew תֹּ֫כֶן, Strong's H8506) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “quantity”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
measurement, a measured amount
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | tale (1), measure (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | full quota (1), quantity (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Tokhen, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 5:18Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
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).