Bible Dictionary

Tale

(1.) Heb. tokhen, “a task,” as weighed and measured out = tally, i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam. 18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered “measure.” (2.) Heb. heg…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

, the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam. 18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). ” The LXX. and Vulgate render it “spider;” the Authorized Version and Revised Version, “as a tale” that is told.