טָחַןṭâchan

Meanings

Same root

• טְחוֹןṭᵉchôwn · H2911a hand mill; hence, a millstone
• טַחֲנָהṭachănâh · H2913a hand mill; hence (figuratively) chewing

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 32:20 He took the calf they had made and burned it. Then he ground it into powder, threw it into the water, and forced the people to drink it.
• Numbers 11:8 The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil.
• Deuteronomy 9:21 I took your sin—the calf you had made—and I melted it down in the fire and ground it into fine dust. Then I threw the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
• Judges 16:21 So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.
• Job 31:10 then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.
• Ecclesiastes 12:3 Remember him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your teeth—your few remaining servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see dimly.