סָכַן
sachan · be endangered
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5533 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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sachan (סָכַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be endangered”.
To be endangered, to be hurt; also to become poor.
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
- So needy he has almost nothing.
- To risk getting hurt.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- one too poor ×1
- will be endangered ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ecclesiastes 10:9
Whoever moves stones will be hurt by them; whoever splits logs will be endangered by them.
- Isaiah 40:20
The one too poor for a contribution chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skilled craftsman to make firm a carved image that will not totter.