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To establish

כּוּןStrong’s H3559

kun

Appears in 209 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Kun is the Hebrew word usually translated “established”, “prepared” and “prepare”. It appears in 209 verses of the Old Testament.

“And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.”
Zechariah 5:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. To be firm, be stable, be established(Niphal) · (Hiphil) · (Hophal)
  2. A blow, a strike
How it's translated
  • established 16
  • prepared 9
  • and prepare 7
  • i have prepared 7
  • steadfast 7
  • and i will establish 6
  • it is established 6
  • he had prepared 5

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 49
  • 2 Chronicles 24
  • 1 Chronicles 22
  • Proverbs 19
  • Job 15
  • Isaiah 10

27 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 209 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 4
13:1417:419:332:6
Ezra 2
3:37:10
Nehemiah 1
8:10
Esther 2
6:47:10
Hosea 1
6:3
Amos 1
4:12
Micah 1
4:1
Nahum 2
2:32:5
Habakkuk 1
2:12
Zephaniah 1
1:7
Zechariah 1
5:11
Hebrew dictionary

כּוּן kun · to establish

: prepare/direct 1) to be firm, be stable, be established 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be set up, be established, be fixed 1a1a) to be firmly established 1a1b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring 1a1c) to be fixed, be securely determined 1a2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense) 1a3) to prepare, be ready 1a4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm 1b2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish 1b3) to direct toward (moral sense) 1b4) to arrange, order 1c) (Hophal) …

נָכוֹן nakhon · blow

a blow, a strike

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “establish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ESTAB'LISH, verb transitive

[Latin stabilio; Heb. to set, fix, establish ]

  1. To set and fix firmly or unalterably; to settle permanently.“I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant” Genesis 17:19
  2. To found permanently; to erect and fix or settle; as, to establish a colony or an empire.
  3. To enact or decree by authority and for permanence; to ordain; to appoint; as, to establish laws, regulations, institutions, rules, ordinances, etc.
  4. To settle or fix; to confirm; as, to establish a person, society or corporation, in possessions or privileges.
All definitions
  1. To make firm; to confirm; to ratify what has been previously set or made.“God forbid; yea, we establish the law” Romans 3:31
  2. To settle or fix what is wavering, doubtful or weak; to confirm.“So were the churches established in the faith” Acts 16:5
  3. To confirm; to fulfill; to make good.
  4. To set up in the place of another and confirm.“Who go about to establish their own righteousness” Romans 10:3

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.