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Lexicon :: Strong's H4542 - miskēn

Aa
מִסְכֵּן
Transliteration
miskēn
Pronunciation
mis-kane'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1221

Strong’s Definitions

מִסְכֵּן miçkên, mis-kane'; from H5531; indigent:—poor (man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4542 in the following manner: poor (3x), poor man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4542 in the following manner: poor (3x), poor man (1x).

  1. poor, poor man

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִסְכֵּן miçkên, mis-kane'; from H5531; indigent:—poor (man).
STRONGS H4542: Abbreviations
† מִסְכֵּן adjective poor, only Ecclesiastes (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id.; bdb058703 PS2632; Arabic bdb058704; Ethiopic bdb058705 Di382; √ dubious; usually derived from III. סכן which see; perhaps loan-word; according to JenZA iv (1889), 271 f Zimib. vii (1892), 353 = Assyrian muškênu, beggar, needy one); — always absolute מ׳; — וְחָכָם יֶלֶד מ׳ Ecclesiastes 4:13 (opposed to מֶלֶח זֶקֵן וּכְסִיל); חָכָם אִישׁ מ׳ Ecclesiastes 9:15, הָאִישׁ הַמּ׳ Ecclesiastes 9:15; as substantive הַמּ׳ Ecclesiastes 9:16 the poor man.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ecclesiastes

4:13; 9:15; 9:15; 9:16

H4542

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4542 matches the Hebrew מִסְכֵּן (miskēn),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - A young man who is poor and wise is better than a king who is old and foolish and will not be guided by the wisdom of others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:15 - Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
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