HebrewH2912Verb

טָחַן

ta.chan

8Occurrences
H2912Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Qal) to grind, crush

Go beyond grammar.

See how this word works across context, usage, and meaning with AI-assisted word study built for serious Bible study.

Context-aware insightsOriginal language depthFast, practical workflow

Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

טָחַן appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
2
Deuteronomy
1
Ecclesiastes
1
Exodus
1
Judges
1
Job
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 9:21BSB

And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.

Ecclesiastes 12:3BSB

on the day the keepers of the house trembleand the strong men stoop,when those grinding cease because they are fewand those watching through windows see dimly,

Exodus 32:20BSB

Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.

Isaiah 3:15BSB

Why do you crush My peopleand grind the faces of the poor?”declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Isaiah 47:2BSB

Take millstones and grind flour;remove your veil;strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,and wade through the streams.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.