Word Study · Strong's H4542 · Hebrew
מִסְכֵּן
misken
mis-kane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: miçkên
“indigent”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
indigent
Rendered in the KJV as
poor (man).
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ן1
- הַמִּסְכֵּן֙1
- מִסְכֵּ֖ן1
- מִסְכֵּן֙1
How it is rendered · 3
- poor2
- the poor1
- the poor [person]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- adjective · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 2
- HTd/Aamsa · 2
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ecclesiastes4 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 4:13מִסְכֵּ֖ןmiskenadjective · masculine singularBetter is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.here: poor
- Ecclesiastes 9:15מִסְכֵּן֙miskenadjective · masculine singularNow a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.here: poor
- Ecclesiastes 9:15הַמִּסְכֵּ֖ןhamiskenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularNow a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.here: the poor
- Ecclesiastes 9:16הַמִּסְכֵּן֙hamiskenthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularAnd I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”here: the poor [person]