Strong’s H8626 · Hebrew
תָּקַן
tâqan · taw-kan'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to equalize, i.e. straighten (intransitive or transitive); figuratively, to compose
In the King James Version set in order, make straight.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Ecclesiastes 1:15That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
- Ecclesiastes 7:13Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
- Ecclesiastes 12:9And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.