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hebrew #4542 - מִסְכֵּן misken (poor)


Original Word:מִסְכֵּן
Transliteration: misken
Definition:poor
Part of Speech:Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:(mis-kane')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

poor man

From cikluwth; indigent -- poor (man).

see HEBREW cikluwth


Englishman's Concordance

1) poor, poor man
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5531
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1221

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מִסְכֵּןadjectivepoor, only Ecclesiastes (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id.; PS2632; Arabic ; Ethiopic Di382; √ dubious; usually derived from III. סכן q. v.; perhaps loan-word; according to JenZA iv (1889), 271 f Zimib. vii (1892), 353=Assyrian muškênu, beggar, needy one); — always absolute ׳מ: — וְחָכָם׳יֶלֶד מEcclesiastes 4:13 (opposed to מֶלֶח זֶקֵן וּכְסִיל); חָכָם׳אִישׁ מEcclesiastes 9:15, ׳הָאִישׁ הַמּEcclesiastes 9:15; as substantive ׳הַמּEcclesiastes 9:16the poor man.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4542. מִסְכֵּן (misken) — 4 Occurrences

Ecclesiastes 4:13
HEB:ט֛וֹב יֶ֥לֶד מִסְכֵּ֖ן וְחָכָ֑ם מִמֶּ֤לֶךְ
NAS:A poor yet wise lad
KJV: Better [is] a poor and a wise child
INT: is better lad A poor wise king

Ecclesiastes 9:15
HEB:בָ֗הּ אִ֤ישׁ מִסְכֵּן֙ חָכָ֔ם וּמִלַּט־
NAS: But there was found in it a poor wise
KJV: Now there was found in it a poor wise
INT: found man A poor wise delivered

Ecclesiastes 9:15
HEB:אֶת־ הָאִ֥ישׁ הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ן הַהֽוּא׃
NAS: one remembered that poor man.
KJV: remembered that same poor man.
INT: remembered man poor I

Ecclesiastes 9:16
HEB:מִגְּבוּרָ֑ה וְחָכְמַ֤ת הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ בְּזוּיָ֔ה וּדְבָרָ֖יו
NAS: But the wisdom of the poor man is despised
KJV: than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom
INT: strength the wisdom of the poor is despised and his words

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