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2 Chronicles 17:5

“Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כּוּןkûwn · koon
H3559 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יָּ֨כֶן — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhw3ms
Usage: Occurs 219 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:32 Genesis 43:16 Genesis 43:25 Exodus 8:22 Exodus 15:17

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כּוּן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.