Strong's Lexicon

H2912

H2912 — טָּחַן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewtachanverb-stemOccurrences: 8TWOT: 802

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2912
Word:	טָּחַן
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	8
Transliteration:	tachan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	taw-khan'
Meaning:	1. to grind meal 2. (hence) to be a concubine (that being their employment)
KJV Renderings:	grind(-er).

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[טָחַן] verb grind (Late Hebrew crush, olives, etc.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2088] טְחַן grind; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2089] grind; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2090]: polenta, farina bordacea) —

Qal Perfect וְטָֽחֲנוּ Num 11:8 Imperfect וַיִּטְחַן Exod 32:20 3 feminine singular תִּטְחַן Job 31:10 2 masculine plural תִּטְחָ֑נוּ Isa 3:15 Infinitive absolute טָחוֺן Deut 9:21 Imperative feminine singular טַחֲנִי Isa 47:2 Participle טוֺחֵן Judg 16:21 טֹחֲנוֺת Eccl 12:3 — grind, the work of women, with accusative, with millstones רֵחַיִם Num 11:8 ( J E ; object the manna), Isa 47:2 (object קָ֑מַח), this figurative of humiliation of Babylon; absolute Judg 16:21 תטחן לאחר אשׁתי Job 31:10, i.e. serve him as his slave; no object expressed Exod 32:20 ( E ), Deut 9:21 (of golden calf); הַטֹּחֲנוֺת Eccl 12:3 = the teeth (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2091] molar teeth; so in Lexicons Syriac [untranscribed source text 2092], [untranscribed source text 2093]); ׳ פְּנֵי עֲנִיִּים ט Isa 3:15 the face of the poor ye grind, figurative of extreme oppression.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

טחן (tah-ghan)

Numbers 11:8

KJV: And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

EHCC: and ground (it) in mills,

Deuteronomy 9:21

KJV: And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

EHCC: ground (it) very small,

Isaiah 47:2

KJV: Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

EHCC: Take the millstones, and grind meal:

Exodus 32:20

KJV: And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

EHCC: and ground (i ,

Job 31:10

KJV: Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

EHCC: let my wie Poe er,

Isaiah 3:15

KJV: What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.

EHCC: to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor?

Judges 16:21

KJV: But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.put out: Heb. bored out

EHCC: he did griad in the prison house.

Ecclesiastes 12:3

KJV: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,the grinders…: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little

EHCC: the grinders cease because they are few,