# H4542 מִסְכֵּן

מִסְכֵּן (miçkên), Strong’s H4542: indigent KJV: poor (man).. Occurs 4 times.

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*miçkên* — indigent

KJV: poor (man).

Derived from [סִכְלוּת çiklûwth](https://besorah.bible/word/H5531) (silliness)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מִסְכֵּן adj. poor, only Ec.

## Where it occurs
- [Ecclesiastes 4:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/4?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/9?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/9?v=16) — Then I said, “Wisdom is better than strength.” Nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not…