Biblical Hebrew

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Strong Hebrew #2912 - טָחַן tachan (to grind)


Original Word:טָחַן
Transliteration:tachan
Definition:to grind
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(taw-khan')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

grinder

A primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment) -- grind(-er).


Englishman's Concordance

1) (Qal) to grind, crush
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 802

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[טָחַן] verbgrind (Late Hebrew crush, olives, etc.; Aramaic טְחַןgrind; Arabic grind; Ethiopic : polenta, farina bordacea) —

QalPerfectוְטָֽחֲנוּNumbers 11:8; ImperfectוַיִּטְחַןExodus 32:20; 3feminine singular תִּטְחַןJob 31:10; 2masculine plural תִּטְחָ֑נוּIsaiah 3:15; Infinitive absoluteטָחוֺןDeuteronomy 9:21; Imperative feminine singular טַחֲנִיIsaiah 47:2; ParticipleטוֺחֵןJudges 16:21; טֹחֲנוֺתEcclesiastes 12:3; — grind, the work of women, with accusative, with millstones רֵחַיִםNumbers 11:8 (J E; object the manna), Isaiah 47:2 (object קָ֑מַח), this figurative of humiliation of Babylon; absolute Judges 16:21; תטחן לאחר אשׁתיJob 31:10, i.e. serve him as his slave; no object expressed Exodus 32:20 (E), Deuteronomy 9:21 (of golden calf); הַטֹּחֲנוֺתEcclesiastes 12:3=the teeth (compare Arabic molar teeth; so in Lexicons Syriac , ); ׳מְּנֵי עֲנִיִּים טIsaiah 3:15the face of the poor ye grind, figurative of extreme oppression.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2912. טָחַן (tachan) — 8 Occurrences

Exodus 32:20
HEB:וַיִּשְׂרֹ֣ף בָּאֵ֔שׁ וַיִּטְחַ֖ן עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: [it] with fire, and ground it to powder,
KJV: [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder,
INT: and burned fire and ground against which

Numbers 11:8
HEB:הָעָ֨ם וְלָֽקְט֜וּ וְטָחֲנ֣וּ בָרֵחַ֗יִם א֤וֹ
NAS: and gather [it] and grind [it] between two millstones
KJV: and gathered [it], and ground [it] in mills,
INT: the people and gather and grind millstones or

Deuteronomy 9:21
HEB:וָאֶכֹּ֨ת אֹת֤וֹ טָחוֹן֙ הֵיטֵ֔ב עַ֥ד
NAS: and crushed it, grinding it very small
KJV: and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small,
INT: fire and crushed grinding very against

Judges 16:21
HEB:בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם וַיְהִ֥י טוֹחֵ֖ן בְּבֵ֥ית [הָאֲסִירִים
NAS: him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
KJV: him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison
INT: bronze become was a grinder house bound

Job 31:10
HEB: תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י
NAS: May my wife grind for another,
KJV: [Then] let my wife grind unto another,
INT:grind another may my wife

Ecclesiastes 12:3
HEB:הֶחָ֑יִל וּבָטְל֤וּ הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙ כִּ֣י מִעֵ֔טוּ
NAS: stoop, the grinding ones stand idle
KJV: shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease
INT: and mighty stand the grinding because almost some

Isaiah 3:15
HEB:וּפְנֵ֥י עֲנִיִּ֖ים תִּטְחָ֑נוּ נְאֻם־ אֲדֹנָ֥י
NAS: My people And grinding the face
KJV: to pieces, and grind the faces
INT: the face afflicted and grinding said the Lord

Isaiah 47:2
HEB:קְחִ֥י רֵחַ֖יִם וְטַ֣חֲנִי קָ֑מַח גַּלִּ֨י
NAS: the millstones and grind meal.
KJV: the millstones, and grind meal:
INT: Take the millstones and grind meal Remove