◄ 4542. misken ►
Strong's Lexicon misken: Poor, needy Original Word: מִסְכֵּן Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: misken Pronunciation: mis-KAYN Phonetic Spelling: (mis-kane') Definition: Poor, needy Meaning: indigent NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition poor NASB Translation poor (3), poor man (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מִסְכֵּן adjective poor, 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 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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance poor man From cikluwth; indigent -- poor (man). see HEBREW cikluwth Forms and Transliterations הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ן הַמִּסְכֵּן֙ המסכן מִסְכֵּ֖ן מִסְכֵּן֙ מסכן ham·mis·kên hammisKen hammiskên mis·kên misKen miskên Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance 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 4 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 4542 4 Occurrences ham·mis·kên — 2 Occ. mis·kên — 2 Occ.