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סָכַן

sachan · be accustomed, serve

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5532 · appears 12 times in the Bible

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What it means

sachan (סָכַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be accustomed, serve”.

Be accustomed, be in the habit of something; also serve, be of use.

How to say it

sa·chan

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To be of use, be useful.
  2. To be used to something.
  3. One who serves a king or a house closely: she who tends the aged king, the steward of the palace.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • profit ×4
  • Have I ever been accustomed ×2
  • caretaker ×2
  • Deal ×1
  • profits ×1
  • steward ×1
  • you are familiar with ×1

Where it appears

  • Numbers 22:30

    And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life until this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?” And he said, “No.”

  • 1 Kings 1:2

    And his servants said to him, “Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and let her stand before the king and be his caretaker; and let her lie in your bosom, so that my lord the king may get warm.”

  • 1 Kings 1:4

    The young woman was very beautiful; and she became the king’s caretaker and ministered to him, but the king did not know her.

  • Job 15:3

    Arguing with a word that does not profit, and with words that are of no use?

  • Job 22:2

    “Can a man be of profit to El? Rather, the prudent profits himself.

  • Job 22:21

    Deal with him, please, and be at peace; by this good will come to you.

  • Job 34:9

    For he has said, ‘It does not profit a man to take pleasure in Elohim.’

  • Job 35:3

    For you say, ‘What does it profit you? What do I gain more than my sin?’

  • Psalms 139:3

    My path and my lying down you have sifted, and all my ways you are familiar with.

  • Isaiah 22:15

    Thus says Adonai YHWH Tsevaot: “Go, come to that steward, to Shebna, who is over the house:

And 2 more times.