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Job 22:21
“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סָכַןçâkan · saw-kan'
H5532 · Hebrew
H5532 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- acquaint (self), be advantage, [idiom] ever, (be, (un-)) profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.
- Grammar
- הַסְכֶּן — verb Hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 12 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 22:30Numbers 22:301 Kings 1:21 Kings 1:4Job 15:3
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 סָכַן here.
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.