Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5533
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- cakan
- Pronunciation
- saw-kan'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5533
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to cut, i.e. damage, also to grow (causatively, make) poor
- Source renderings
- endanger, impoverish
- Root word
- probably a denominative from H7915
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor. Root word: probably a denominative from H7915.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H7915
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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05533\ 5533 cakan saw-kan' probably a denominative from 7915; properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor:--endanger, impoverish. see HEBREW for 07915