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. Jeremiah 46:14וְהָכֵ֣ן · and prepare
    “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
  2. Jeremiah 51:12הָכִ֖ינוּ · prepare
    Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
  3. Jeremiah 51:15מֵכִ֥ין · 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.
  4. Ezekiel 4:3וַהֲכִינֹתָה֩ · Turn
    Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
  5. Ezekiel 4:7תָּכִ֣ין · You must turn
    You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
  6. Ezekiel 7:14וְהָכִ֣ין · and made
    They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.
  7. Ezekiel 16:7נָכֹ֙נוּ֙ · were formed
    I made you thrive like a plant of the field. You grew up and matured and became very beautiful. Your breasts were formed and your hair grew, but you were naked and bare.
  8. Ezekiel 28:13כּוֹנָֽנוּ׃ · prepared
    You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
  9. Ezekiel 38:7הִכֹּן֙ · Get ready; וְהָכֵ֣ן · prepare
    Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.
  10. Ezekiel 40:43מוּכָנִ֥ים · were fastened
    The double-pronged hooks, each a handbreadth long, were fastened all around the inside of the room, and the flesh of the offering was to be placed on the tables.
  11. Hosea 6:3נָכ֣וֹן · As surely as
    So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
  12. Amos 4:12הִכּ֥וֹן · prepare
    “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
  13. Micah 4:1נָכוֹן֙ · 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 the peoples will stream to it.
  14. Nahum 2:3הֲכִינ֑וֹ · they are prepared
    The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
  15. Nahum 2:5וְהֻכַ֖ן · is set in place
    He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.
  16. Habakkuk 2:12וְכוֹנֵ֥ן · and establishes
    Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
  17. Zephaniah 1:7הֵכִ֧ין · has prepared
    Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests.
  18. Zechariah 5:11וְהוּכַ֛ן · And when it is ready
    “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”