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. Psalm 93:2נָכ֣וֹן · [was] established
    Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.
  2. Psalm 96:10תִּכּ֣וֹן · is firmly established
    Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
  3. Psalm 99:4כּוֹנַ֣נְתָּ · have established
    The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  4. Psalm 101:7יִ֝כּ֗וֹן · shall stand
    No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
  5. Psalm 102:28יִכּֽוֹן׃ · will be established
    The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
  6. Psalm 103:19הֵכִ֣ין · has established
    The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
  7. Psalm 107:36וַ֝יְכוֹנְנ֗וּ · that they may establish
    He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
  8. Psalm 108:1נָכ֣וֹן · is steadfast
    A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
  9. Psalm 112:7נָכ֥וֹן · is steadfast
    He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
  10. Psalm 119:5יִכֹּ֥נוּ · were committed
    Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
  11. Psalm 119:73וַֽיְכוֹנְנ֑וּנִי · and fashioned me
    Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
  12. Psalm 119:90כּוֹנַ֥נְתָּ · You established
    Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
  13. Psalm 119:133הָכֵ֣ן · Order
    Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
  14. Psalm 140:11יִכּ֪וֹן · be established
    May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
  15. Psalm 141:2תִּכּ֤וֹן · be set
    May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
  16. Psalm 147:8הַמֵּכִ֣ין · who prepares
    …who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
  17. Proverbs 3:19כּוֹנֵ֥ן · and established
    The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
  18. Proverbs 4:18נְכ֥וֹן · midday
    The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
  19. Proverbs 4:26יִכֹּֽנוּ׃ · will be sure
    Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
  20. Proverbs 6:8תָּכִ֣ין · it prepares
    …it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
  21. Proverbs 8:27בַּהֲכִינ֣וֹ · when He established
    I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
  22. Proverbs 12:3יִכּ֣וֹן · be established
    A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
  23. Proverbs 12:19תִּכּ֣וֹן · endure forever
    Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
  24. Proverbs 16:3וְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּ · will be achieved
    Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
  25. Proverbs 16:9יָכִ֥ין · determines
    A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
  26. Proverbs 16:12יִכּ֥וֹן · is established
    Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
  27. Proverbs 19:29נָכ֣וֹנוּ · are prepared
    Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  28. Proverbs 20:18תִכּ֑וֹן · Set
    Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
  29. Proverbs 21:29יָכִין · makes
    A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
  30. Proverbs 21:31מ֭וּכָן · is prepared
    A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
  31. Proverbs 22:18יִכֹּ֥נוּ
    …for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
  32. Proverbs 24:3יִתְכּוֹנָֽן׃ · it is established
    By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
  33. Proverbs 24:27הָ֘כֵ֤ן · Complete
    Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
  34. Proverbs 25:5וְיִכּ֖וֹן · will be established
    Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
  35. Proverbs 29:14יִכּֽוֹן׃ · will be established
    A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.
  36. Proverbs 30:25וַיָּכִ֖ינוּ · yet they store up
    The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
  37. Isaiah 2:2נָכ֨וֹן · established
    In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  38. Isaiah 9:7לְהָכִ֤ין · to establish
    Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
  39. Isaiah 14:21הָכִ֧ינוּ · Prepare
    Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
  40. Isaiah 16:5וְהוּכַ֤ן · will be established
    …in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
  41. Isaiah 30:33הוּכָ֖ן · has been made ready
    For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
  42. Isaiah 40:20לְהָכִ֥ין · to set up
    One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.
  43. Isaiah 45:18כֽוֹנְנָ֔הּ · established it
    For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  44. Isaiah 51:13כּוֹנֵ֖ן · is bent
    But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. You live in terror all day long because of the fury of the oppressor who is bent on destruction. But where is the fury of the oppressor?
  45. Isaiah 54:14תִּכּוֹנָ֑נִי · you will be established
    In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
  46. Isaiah 62:7יְכוֹנֵ֞ן · He establishes
    …nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
  47. Jeremiah 10:12מֵכִ֥ין · He established
    The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
  48. Jeremiah 10:23וְהָכִ֖ין · directs
    I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
  49. Jeremiah 30:20תִּכּ֑וֹן · will be established
    Their children will be as in days of old, and their congregation will be established before Me; and I will punish all their oppressors.
  50. Jeremiah 33:2לַהֲכִינָ֖הּ · and established it
    “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name: