# מִסְכֵּן (misken)

Israeli respelling: mis-ken. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4542. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

indigent

King James renderings: poor (man).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/misken-h4542

## Occurrences

- [Ecclesiastes 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/13) — Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
- [Ecclesiastes 9:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/15) — Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
- [Ecclesiastes 9:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/16) — Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.