סָכַן (sa.khan) means “be useful” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-kan' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
סָכַן · sa.khan · be useful
1) to be of use or service or profit or benefit 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be of use or service 1a2) servitor, steward (participle) 1a3) to benefit, profit 1b) (Hiphil) to be used, be wont, exhibit use or habit, show harmony with, be familiar with, know intimately
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a primitive root; to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
KJV glosses: acquaint (self), be advantage, [idiom] ever, (be, (un-)) profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| be of use | 1 |
| before | 1 |
| benefit | 1 |
| care | 1 |
| cared | 1 |
| does it profit | 1 |
| it profits | 1 |
| reconcile | 1 |
| steward | 1 |
| you are aware | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| acquaint | 1 |
| and art acquainted | 1 |
| and cherished | 1 |
| and let her cherish | 1 |
| be profitable | 1 |
| it profiteth | 1 |
| may be profitable | 1 |
| thee unto this treasurer | 1 |
| was i ever | 1 |
| what advantage | 1 |
| with unprofitable | 1 |
| wont | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 10 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.
Read word by wordSo his servants said to him, “Let us search for a young virgin for our lord the king, to attend to him and care for him and lie by his side to keep him warm.”
Read word by wordThe girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
Read word by wordShould he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?
Read word by word“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?
Read word by wordReconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
Read word by wordFor he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
Read word by wordFor you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
Read word by wordYou search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Read word by wordThis is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:
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