Lexical Definition

‎סָכַן‎ çâkan (saw-kan') to endanger ^H:V
probably a denominative from ‎שַׂכִּין‎

endanger, impoverish.

• properly, to cut, i.e. damage
• also to grow (causatively, make) poor

1) to incur danger
1a) (Niphal) to endanger oneself
2) to be poor
2a) (Pual) to be impoverished

See Greek: κινδυνεύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎סָכַן‎] verb incur danger (late) (Late Hebrew id. Pi`el endanger, Hiph`il be endangered, ‎סַכָּנָה‎ danger, etc.; Aramaic ‎סְכַן‎ id., compare Levy^{NHWB iii. 526 f.} De^{HL und Koheleth 203}; Eng. Trans. 194); —

Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִסָּכֶןבָּֿם‎ Eccl 10:9 he that cleaveth (logs of) wood endangers himself by them.

Also see: מִסְכֵּנֻת

III. [‎סָכַן‎] verb (so most) be poor, but see below; —

Pu`al Participle ‎הַמְסֻכָּן תְּרוּמָה‎ Isa 40:20 usually, he who is impoverished in respect to offering, but very dubious; see conjectures in Du (against him Di-Kit) Skinner Zim^{ZA ix.111} Che^Heb.Hpt. — ‎מִסְכֵּן‎ poor, ‎מִסְכֵּנֻת‎ poverty.

[‎סִכְסֵךְ‎] see below IV. ‎שׂכך‎

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