The meaning of “תִּיכוֹן”
Understanding tîykôwn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or תִּיכֹן tîykôn (tee-kone'); from תָּוֶךְ middle(-most), midst. - central 1) middle
תִּיכוֹן
or תִּיכֹן tîykôn (tee-kone'); from תָּוֶךְ middle(-most), midst. - central 1) middle
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 36:33 | “And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.” Word: תִּיכוֹן (tîykôwn) | |
| Judges 7:19 | “So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.” Word: תִּיכוֹן (tîykôwn) | |
| 1 Kings 6:8 | “The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.” Word: תִּיכוֹן (tîykôwn) | |
| 2 Kings 20:4 | “And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,” Word: תִּיכוֹן (tîykôwn) | |
| Ezekiel 42:5 | “Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.” Word: תִּיכוֹן (tîykôwn) |