טָחַן
ta.chan
“to grind”
Definition
to grind meal; hence, to be aconcubine (that being their employment)
a primitive root;
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Occurrences
טָחַן appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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,
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.
Why do you crush My peopleand grind the faces of the poor?”declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Take millstones and grind flour;remove your veil;strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,and wade through the streams.
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