Hebrew verb · H5532
סָכַן
sakansaw-kan'
be useful
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: çâkan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5532is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5532
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
The King James renders it: acquaint (self), be advantage, [idiom] ever, (be, (un-)) profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sakan is rendered "be useful". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Six of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 22:30But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.
Numbers 22:30הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a nurse2
- will he be of use2
- ¿ really to have habit1
- be reconciled1
- have I had habit1
- it is of use1
- it profits1
- the steward1
- will it be of use1
- you know intimately1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| סָכַךְ | sakak | to fence | Uses24 |
| סָכַל | sakal | be foolish | Uses8 |
| סָכַר | sakar | to stop | Uses3 |
| סָכַן | sakan | to endanger | Uses2 |
| סָכַת | sakath | be silent | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִסְכָּן־2
- הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ן1
- הַסֹּכֵ֣ן1
- הַסְכֶּן־1
- הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃1
- הִסְכַּ֔נְתִּי1
- יִסְכּ֑וֹן1
- יִסְכֹּ֖ן1
- יִּסְכָּן־1
- סֹכֶ֑נֶת1
- סֹכֶ֙נֶת֙1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular2HVqrfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HTd/Vqrmsa
- question particle + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute1HTi/Vhaa
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhp1cs
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhp2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhv2ms
Numbers
two uses
But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.
- הַֽהַסְכֵּ֣ןhahaskenquestion particle + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: ¿ really to have habit
- הִסְכַּ֔נְתִּיhiskantiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: have I had habit
1 Kings
two uses
So his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
- סֹכֶ֑נֶתsokhenetverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: a nurse
The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
- סֹכֶ֙נֶת֙sokhenetverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: a nurse
Job
six uses
Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
- יִסְכּ֑וֹןyiskonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is of use
“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
- יִסְכָּן־yiskon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he be of use
- יִסְכֹּ֖ןyiskonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he be of use
Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- הַסְכֶּן־hasken-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be reconciled
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
- יִסְכָּן־yiskon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it profits
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
- יִּסְכָּן־yiskon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it be of use
Psalms
one use
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
- הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃hiskantahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you know intimately
Isaiah
one use
This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
- הַסֹּכֵ֣ןhasokhenthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the steward
The letters
Gematria 130· 780 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.