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Strongs H4542

H4542

מִסְכֵּן (miçkên) a (mis-kane')
Source: from H5531;
Meaning: indigent
KJV: poor (man).

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

מִסְכֵּן adj. poor, only Ec. {587}

Appears in a total of 3 verses:

ECC 4:13

OET-LV: 13is_good a_youth poor and_wise more_than_a_king old and_a_fool who not he_knows to_be_warned still.   (ECC_4:13)

OET-RV: 13A poor but wise youth is better off
 ⇔ than an old but foolish king who can’t accept advice, (ECC 4:13)

ECC 9:16

OET-LV: 16and_I_said I is_good wisdom more_than_strength and_the_wisdom_of the_poor_person is_despised and_his_of_words/messages not_they are_heard.   (ECC_9:16)

OET-RV: 16So I concluded that wisdom is better than strength and yet the poor person’s wisdom wasn’t appreciated and his words were soon forgotten. (ECC 9:16)

ECC 9:15

OET-LV: 15And_someone_found in_it a_man poor wise and_he_delivered he DOM the_city by_his_of_wisdom and_human/ʼĀdām not he_remembered DOM the_man (the)_poor (the)_that.   (ECC_9:15)

OET-RV: 15There was a poor man in the city who was wise and used his wisdom to save it from that king, but the people soon forgot about that poor man. (ECC 9:15)

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