Keraia
Lexicon

כּוּן

kunto establish: prepareHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb219 occurrences27 books211 verses

Definition

a primitive root; 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)
Traditional 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, × very deed.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כּוּן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

219 total
  1. Job 11:13הֲכִינ֣וֹתָ · you direct
    As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
  2. Job 12:5נָ֝כ֗וֹן
    The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
  3. Job 15:23נָכ֖וֹן
    He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
  4. Job 15:35תָּכִ֥ין · is pregnant with
    They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
  5. Job 18:12נָכ֥וֹן · [is] ready
    His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
  6. Job 21:8נָכ֣וֹן · are established
    Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
  7. Job 27:16יָכִ֥ין · and piles up
    Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
  8. Job 27:17יָ֭כִין · what he lays up
    …what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.
  9. Job 28:27הֱ֝כִינָ֗הּ · He established it
    …then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
  10. Job 29:7אָכִ֥ין · and took
    When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
  11. Job 31:15וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ · form us
    Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?
  12. Job 38:41יָכִ֥ין · provides
    Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
  13. Job 42:7נְכוֹנָ֖ה · accurately
    After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
  14. Job 42:8נְכוֹנָ֖ה · accurately
    So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
  15. Psalm 5:9נְכוֹנָה֮ · can be trusted
    For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.
  16. Psalm 7:9וּתְכוֹנֵ֪ן · but establish
    Put an end to the evil of the wicked, but establish the righteous, O righteous God who searches hearts and minds.
  17. Psalm 7:12וַֽיְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃ · and strung
    If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
  18. Psalm 7:13הֵכִ֣ין · He has prepared
    He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
  19. Psalm 8:3כּוֹנָֽנְתָּה׃ · You have set in place
    When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
  20. Psalm 9:7כּוֹנֵ֖ן · He has established
    But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
  21. Psalm 10:17תָּכִ֥ין · You will strengthen
    You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
  22. Psalm 11:2כּוֹנְנ֣וּ · They set
    For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
  23. Psalm 21:12תְּכוֹנֵ֥ן · is trained
    For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  24. Psalm 24:2יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃ · and established it
    For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
  25. Psalm 37:23כּוֹנָ֗נוּ · are ordered
    The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
  26. Psalm 38:17נָכ֑וֹן · am ready
    For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
  27. Psalm 40:2כּוֹנֵ֥ן · firm
    He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
  28. Psalm 48:8יְכוֹנְנֶ֖הָ · will establish her
    As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
  29. Psalm 51:10נָ֝כ֗וֹן · a right
    Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  30. Psalm 57:6הֵכִ֣ינוּ · They spread
    They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
  31. Psalm 57:7נָ֘כ֤וֹן · is steadfast; נָכ֣וֹן · is steadfast
    My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
  32. Psalm 59:4וְיִכּוֹנָ֑נוּ · to attack me
    For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
  33. Psalm 65:6מֵכִ֣ין · You formed
    You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
  34. Psalm 65:9תָּכִ֥ין · You prepare; תְּכִינֶֽהָ׃ · by providing
    You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
  35. Psalm 68:9כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃ · refreshed
    You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
  36. Psalm 68:10תָּ֤כִ֥ין · You provided
    Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
  37. Psalm 74:16הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָ · established
    The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
  38. Psalm 78:8הֵכִ֣ין · loyal
    Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
  39. Psalm 78:20יָכִ֖ין · supply
    When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
  40. Psalm 78:37נָכ֣וֹן
    Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
  41. Psalm 87:5יְכוֹנְנֶ֣הָ · will establish her
    And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
  42. Psalm 89:2תָּכִ֖ן · You establish
    For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
  43. Psalm 89:4אָכִ֣ין · I will establish
    ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
  44. Psalm 89:21תִּכּ֣וֹן · will sustain him
    My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
  45. Psalm 89:37יִכּ֣וֹן · established
    …like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
  46. Psalm 90:17כּוֹנְנָ֥ה · establish; כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ׃ · yes, establish
    May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
  47. Psalm 93:1תִּכּ֥וֹן · is firmly established
    The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.