H5533: סָכַן
çâkan · pronounced saw-kan' · “to endanger”
Definition
properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor
KJV translates it as: endanger, impoverish.
Word origin: probably a denominative from H7915 (שַׂכִּין);
Extended definition
1) to incur danger
1a) (Niphal) to endanger oneself
1a) (Niphal) to endanger oneself
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5533 is translated
- he will be endangered ×1
- impoverished person ×1
Bible verses with H5533 (çâkan)
Çâkan appears in 2 verses.
- Ecclesiastes 10:9
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
- Isaiah 40:20
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.