סָכַן sakhan

Hebrew word for “be useful” · Strong’s H5532 · used 12 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) to be of use or service or profit or benefit;

How it is translated

Glosses given for sakhan in context, with how often each is used:

• nurse 2
• ¿ really 1
• have i had the habit 1
• use 1
• will he be of use 1
• will he be of use? 1
• reconciled 1
• profits 1
• will it be of use 1
• know intimately 1
• steward 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 1 (2), Job 22 (2), Numbers 22 (1), Job 15 (1), Job 34 (1), Job 35 (1), Psalms 139 (1), Isaiah 22 (1)

Forms

• יסכן 4
• סכנת 2
• הסכן 2
• ההסכן 1
• הסכנתי 1
• יסכון 1
• הסכנתה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sakhan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָעַל yaal “to gain” 2
• נַעֲרָה naarah “maiden” 2
• גָּבֶר gaver “great man” 2
• כֹּה koh “thus” 2
• עִם im “with” 2
• הֶם hem “them” 2
• זֶה zeh “this” 2
• עַד ad “till” 2

Key verses

The verses using sakhan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 22:30 — And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he…
• 1 Kings 1:2 — Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and…
• 1 Kings 1:4 — And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
• Job 15:3 — Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
• Job 22:2 — Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
• Job 22:21 — Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
• Job 34:9 — For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
• Job 35:3 — For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
• Psalms 139:3 — Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
• Isaiah 22:15 — Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.