Strong’s H5533 · Hebrew
סָכַן
çâkan · saw-kan'
Origin probably a denominative from שַׂכִּין (H7915);
Meaning properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor
In the King James Version endanger, impoverish.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Ecclesiastes 10:9Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
- Isaiah 40:20He 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.