Definition
a primitive root; to grind meal; hence, to be a concubine (that being their employment)
Traditional renderings: grind(-er).
Traditional renderings: grind(-er).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders טָחַן:
- ἀλήθωalēthō“to grind”50%
- καταισχύνωkataischunō“to dishonor”50%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Exodus 32:20וַיִּטְחַ֖ן · ground [it]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.
- Numbers 11:8וְטָחֲנ֣וּ · ground itThe people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
- Deuteronomy 9:21טָחוֹן֙ · [and] groundAnd 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.
- Judges 16:21טוֹחֵ֖ן · to grindThen the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
- Job 31:10תִּטְחַ֣ן · grind [grain]…then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
- Ecclesiastes 12:3הַטֹּֽחֲנוֹת֙ · when those grinding…on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
- Isaiah 3:15תִּטְחָ֑נוּ · and grindWhy do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 47:2וְטַ֣חֲנִי · and grindTake millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.