תְּכוּנָה
te.khu.nah
fitting
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word תְּכוּנָה (te.khu.nah, Strong's number: H8498) has a short definition of "fitting." This means that when this word is used in the Bible, it describes something that is well-suited or appropriate for a particular situation. The limited occurrences of this word in the Bible (2) suggest that it was likely used in specific contexts to convey the idea of suitability. The exact nature of these contexts is unclear without further information, but it appears to have been a word chosen for its precision and accuracy. The significance of this word is that it adds a nuance to the way we understand the biblical authors' choices of language and their goals when using specific words to describe people, actions, and circumstances. The idea of "fitting" can imply a range of meanings, from moral suitability to practical appropriateness, and further study of this word could shed more light on how it was used in different contexts.
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Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and its fashion, and its exits, and its entrances, and all its forms, and all its ordinances, and all its forms, and all its laws; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form of it, and all its ordinances, and do them.
Nahum 2:9Take the plunder of silver. Take the plunder of gold, for there is no end of the store, the glory of all goodly furniture.