H4542 מִסְכֵּן
miçkên — indigent
KJV: poor (man).
Derived from סִכְלוּת çiklûwth (silliness)
Occurs 4 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מִסְכֵּן adj. poor, only Ec.
Where it occurs
- Ecclesiastes 4:13 — Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15 — Now a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 9:16 — Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not…