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סָכַן

sa.khan

to endanger

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Strong’s H5533aVerb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he will be endangered1

In the text

Ecclesiastes 10:9יִסָּכֶן
The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סָכַן vb. incur danger (late);—Niph. Ec 10:9

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.