Lexical Definition

‎סָכַן‎ çâkan (saw-kan') be useful ^H:V
a primitive root

acquaint (self), be advantage, [idiom] ever, (be, (un-)) profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.

• to be familiar with
• by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary

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

See Greek: διδάσκω · ἐπισκοπή · θάλπω · προελπίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎סָכַן‎] verb be of use of service, benefit (Tel Amarna sakânu, care for (with preposition ana) Zim^{ZA vi. 248} Wkl^{TA Glossary}; Phoenician ‎סכן‎ prefect Lzb³²⁹; compare perhaps Tel Amarna zukini as loan-word Wkl^l.c.); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular only Job: ‎יִסְכֹּן‎ Eccl 22:2, ‎וֺן‎- Eccl 15:3, ‎יִסְכָּןֿ‎ Eccl 22:2 + 2 t.; Participle ‎סֹכֵן‎ Isa 22:15 feminine ‎סֹכֶ֫נֶת‎ 1Kgs 1:2; 1Kgs 1:4 —

1. be of use or service, only participle ‎׳‎‎וּתְהִי לוֺ ס‎ 1Kgs 1:2 and let her become servitress to him, so v1Kgs 1:4 (+ ‎וְתְּשָׁרֲתֵהוּ‎); ‎סֹכֵן‎ Isa 22:15 = servitor, steward.

2. benefit, profit, absolute Job 15:3 with ‎לְ‎ person Job 22:2; Job 35:3, ‎עַלֿ‎ person Job 22:2 with accusative Job 34:9 (or absolute gain benefit, ‎גבר‎ subject). Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular ‎הִסְכַּ֫נְתִּי‎ Num 22:20 2 masculine singular ‎הִסְבַּ֑נְתָּה‎ Ps 139:3 Imperative ‎הַסְכֶּןנָֿא‎ Job 22:21 Infinitive abs. ‎הַסְכֵּן‎ Num 22:30 — be used, wont, strictly exhibit use, or habit, ‎הַהַסְכֵּן הִסְכַּנְתִּי לַעֲשׂוֺת‎ ‎לְךָ כֹּה‎ Num 22:30 (J) have I ever shewn the habit of doing thus to thee? hence shew harmony with (‎עִם‎) one Job 22:21, be familiar with, know intimately (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎) Ps 139:3 (with accusative ‎דְּרָכַי‎).

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