Lexicon :: Strong's H5533 - sāḵan

סָכַן
Transliteration
sāḵan
Pronunciation
saw-kan'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably a denominative from שַׂכִּין (H7915)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1495,1496

Strong’s Definitions

סָכַן çâkan, saw-kan'; probably a denominative from H7915; properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor:—endanger, impoverish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H5533 in the following manner: endangered (1x), impoverished (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H5533 in the following manner: endangered (1x), impoverished (1x).

  1. to incur danger

    1. (Niphal) to endanger oneself

  2. to be poor

    1. (Pual) to be impoverished

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָכַן çâkan, saw-kan'; probably a denominative from H7915; properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor:—endanger, impoverish.
STRONGS H5533: Abbreviations
II. סָכַן] verb incur danger (late) (Late Hebrew id. Pi. endanger, Hiph. be endangered, סַכָּנָה danger, etc.; Aramaic סְכַן id., compare LevyNHWB iii. 526 f. DeHL und Koheleth 203; Eng. Trans. 194); —
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסָּכֶןבָּֿם Ecclesiastes 10:9 he that cleaveth (logs of) wood endangers himself by them.

† III. [סָכַן] verb (so most) be poor, but see below; —
Pu. Participle הַמְסֻכָּן תְּרוּמָה Isaiah 40:20 usually, he who is impoverished in respect to offering, but very dubious; see conjectures in Du (against him Di-Kit) Skinner ZimZA ix.111 CheHeb. Hpt. — מִסְכֵּן poor, מִסְכֵּנֻת poverty.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ecclesiastes

10:9

Isaiah

40:20