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H5532סָכַןsa.khan

be usefulPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 2
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 2
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 6
  19. 1
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 1
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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12 occurrences in 10 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Numbers 22:30

    And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not your ass upon which you have gone all your life till this day? and have I ever done this to you before? And he said, No.

    הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ן (הַסְכֵּ֣ן) has.Ken “really <to have [the] habit>”הִסְכַּ֔נְתִּי his.Kan.ti “have I had [the] habit”

  2. 1 Kings 1:2

    So his servants said to him, Let search be made for a young virgin for my lord the king, to take care of him and be waiting on him; and you may take her in your arms, and so my lord the king will be warm.

    סֹכֶ֑נֶת so.Khe.net “a nurse”

  3. 1 Kings 1:4

    Now she was very beautiful; and she took care of the king, waiting on him at all times; but the king had no connection with her.

    סֹכֶ֙נֶת֙ so.Khe.net “a nurse”

  4. Job 15:3

    Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?

    יִסְכּ֑וֹן yis.Kon “it is of use”

  5. Job 22:2

    Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

    יִסְכָּן־ yis.kon- “will he be of use”יִסְכֹּ֖ן yis.Kon “will he be of use?”

  6. Job 22:21

    Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

    הַסְכֶּן־ has.ken- “be reconciled”

  7. Job 34:9

    For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

    יִסְכָּן־ yis.kon- “it profits”

  8. Job 35:3

    What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?

    יִּסְכָּן־ yis.kon- “will it be of use”

  9. Psalms 139:3

    You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

    הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃ his.Kan.tah “you know intimately”

  10. Isaiah 22:15

    The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the house; who has made himself a resting-place on high, cutting out a place for himself in the rock, and say,

    הַסֹּכֵ֣ן (סֹּכֵ֣ן) so.Khen “steward”