Quick Definition
be useful
Strong's Definition
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: acquaint (self), be advantage, [idiom] ever, (be, (un-)) profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.
TWOT Reference: 1494
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Safe | verb qal | ≈ יעל
to be of benefit, to be profitable = process by which someone's well-being is promoted by a certain action or event
verb
Know | verb hif
to get to know, to familiarize oneself = action by which humans or deities make an effort to get to be better acquainted with a deity or a human activity
verb
Impact | Safe | verb nif
to be harmed, to be endangered exact meaning unknown; probably: = state in which humans run the risk of becoming physically hurt by a certain activity
verb · מִסְכֵּן · מִסְכֵּנֻת
Poor | verb pu'al ptc.pass
poor = state in which humans lack the means to support themselves
1 ISA 40:20 MT RSV NIV NJB GNT | LXX Syriac omit | NJPS NRSV REB "mulberry" | CEV "special (wood)"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סָכַן] vb. be of use or service, benefit Qal be of use or service
benefit, profit
Hiph. be used, wont, strictly exhibit use, or habit
base