מַתְכֹנֶת

Strong’s Definition

proportion (in size, number or ingredients)

Etymology & Derivation

or מַתְכֻנֶת; from H8505 (תָּכַן) in the transferred sense of measuring;

KJV Usage

composition, measure, state, tale.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.measurement, proportion, tale
• 2.tale, tally (of bricks)
• 3.measurement, proportion

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mathkôneth; Pronunciation: math-ko'-neth