Strong's Concordance misken: poor Original Word: מִסְכֵּןPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: misken Phonetic Spelling: (mis-kane') Definition: poor NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof 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 miskênLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman'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 Ecclesiastes 9:15 Ecclesiastes 9:16 4 Occurrences |