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סָכַן

sa.khan

to impoverish

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Strong’s H5533bVerb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

impoverished person1

In the text

Isaiah 40:20הַמְסֻכָּן
One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[סָכַן] vb. (so most) be poor, but v. infr.;—Pu. Is 40:20

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.