{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3559",
  "lemma": "כּוּן",
  "transliteration": "kûwn",
  "definition": "properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,…",
  "kjv": "certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be…",
  "occurrences": 219,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[כּוּן] 218 vb. prob. be firm, only in der. conj.",
    "Niph.",
    "1. be set up, established, fixed",
    "2. in a moral sense, be directed aright, of ways",
    "3. prepare, be ready",
    "4. pass. be prepared, of judgments",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. establish, set up",
    "a. fix, so as to be ready, make ready, prepare, a gift",
    "b. provide for, provide, furnish",
    "3. direct one's face toward",
    "4. arrange, order",
    "Hoph.",
    "1. be established, of throne",
    "2. be prepared for",
    "Po‛lēl.",
    "1. set up, establish",
    "2. constitute, make, a man (in womb)",
    "3. fix, so as to be ready",
    "4. direct",
    "Po‛lal. be established",
    "Hithpo‛l. be established",
    "נָכוֹן n. [m.]",
    "נָכוֹן n. [m.] = blow Jb 12:5"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 41:32",
      "text": "The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=32"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:16",
      "text": "When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:25",
      "text": "They prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 8:22",
      "text": "Moses said, “It isn’t appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/8?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 15:17",
      "text": "You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, LORD, which you have made for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 16:5",
      "text": "It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/16?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 19:11",
      "text": "and be ready for the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/19?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 19:15",
      "text": "He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/19?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:20",
      "text": "“Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 34:2",
      "text": "Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/34?v=2"
    }
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