# H5533 סָכַן

סָכַן (çâkan), Strong’s H5533: properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor KJV: endanger, impoverish.. Occurs 2 times.

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*çâkan* — properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor

KJV: endanger, impoverish.

Derived from [שַׂכִּין sakkîyn](https://besorah.bible/word/H7915) (a knife)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [סָכַן] vb. (so most) be poor, but v. infr.;—Pu. Is 40:20
- סָכַן vb
- סָכַן vb. incur danger (late);—Niph. Ec 10:9

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 40:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=20) — He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up…
- [Ecclesiastes 10:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/10?v=9) — Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it.