HebrewH4542Adjective

מִסְכֵּן

mis.ken

“poor”

3Occurrences

H4542Strong's #

AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

indigent

from H5531 (סִכְלוּת);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

poor, poor man

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logos (G3056)

word, saying, account

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

מִסְכֵּן appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 4:13BSB

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

Ecclesiastes 9:15BSB

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16BSB

And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”

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