Strong H4542מִסְכֵּן
poor
- Transliteration
- miskên
- Pronunciation
- mis-kane'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Adjective
Definition
From H5531; indigent: - poor (man).
Detailed definition
poor, poor man
In the Bible
Strong H4542 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- poor2
- man1
First verses
- Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 9:16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.