4542. misken
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misken: poor
Original Word: מִסְכֵּן
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: misken
Phonetic Spelling: (mis-kane')
Short Definition: poor

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
poor
NASB Translation
poor (3), poor man (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
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: — וְחָכָם ׳יֶלֶד מ Ecclesiastes 4:13 (opposed to מֶלֶח זֶקֵן וּכְסִיל); חָכָם ׳אִישׁ מ Ecclesiastes 9:15, ׳הָאִישׁ הַמּ Ecclesiastes 9:15; as substantive ׳הַמּ Ecclesiastes 9:16 the poor man.



Strong's
poor man

From cikluwth; indigent -- poor (man).

see HEBREW cikluwth

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