Be useful
סָכַןStrong’s H5532sakhan (sa-khan)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sakhan is the Hebrew word usually translated “nurse”, “use” and “really”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.”
Meaning
- To be of use or service or profit or benefit(Qal) · (Hiphil) to be used, be wont, exhibit use or habit, show harmony with, be familiar with, know intimately
How it's translated
- a nurse 2
- will he be of use 2
- really 1
- have i had habit 1
- it is of use 1
- be reconciled 1
- it profits 1
- will it be of use 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 5
- 1 Kings 2
- Numbers 1
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 1:2Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
- 1 Kings 1:4And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
- Job 15:3Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
- Job 22:2Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
- Job 22:21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
- Job 34:9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Hebrew dictionary
סָכַן sakhan · be useful
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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nurse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NURSE, noun
- A woman that has the care of infants, or a woman employed to tend the children of others.
- A woman who suckles infants.
- A woman that has the care of a sick person.
- A man who has the care of the sick.
All definitions and other forms of “nurse”
- A person that breeds, educates or protects; hence, that which breeds, brings up or causes to grow; as Greece, the nurse of the liberal arts.
- An old woman; in contempt.
- The state of being nursed; as, to put a child to nurse
- In composition, that which supplies food; as a nurse-pond.
NURSE, verb transitive
- To tend, as infants; as, to nurse a child.
- To suckle; to nourish at the breast.
- To attend and take care of in child-bed; as, to nurse a woman in her illness.
- To tend the sick; applied to males and females.
- To ffed; to maintain; to bring up. Isaiah 60:4
- To cherish; to foster; to encourage; to promote growth in.
- To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources.
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.