Lexical Summary misken: poor Original Word: מִסְכֵּןTransliteration: misken Phonetic Spelling: (mis-kane') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: poor Meaning: indigent Strong's Concordance poor man From cikluwth; indigent -- poor (man). see HEBREW cikluwth Brown-Driver-Briggs H4542. misken 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: — מ ׳יֶלֶד וְחָכָם Ecclesiastes 4:13 (opposed to וּכְסִיל זֶקֵן מֶלֶח); מ ׳אִישׁ חָכָם 9:15, הַמּ ׳הָאִישׁ 9:15; as substantive ׳הַמּ 9:16 the poor man. |
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