Kûwn — H3559

H3559 · Hebrew — כון

Pronunciation: koon

Definition

verb

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)

  1. to be firm, be stable, be established
    1. (Niphal)
      1. to be set up, be established, be fixed
        1. to be firmly established
        2. to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring
        3. to be fixed, be securely determined
      2. to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense)
      3. to prepare, be ready
      4. to be prepared, be arranged, be settled
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm
      2. to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish
      3. to direct toward (moral sense)
      4. to arrange, order
    3. (Hophal)
      1. to be established, be fastened
      2. to be prepared, be ready
    4. (Polel)
      1. to set up, establish
      2. to constitute, make
      3. to fix
      4. to direct
    5. (Pulal) to be established, be prepared
    6. (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored

Usually translated as

prepare, ready, establish, be fixed, right, set, order, certain, firm, preparation, provide, certainty, confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, be fitted, frame, be meet, perfect, make provision, be stable, tarry, very deed, fasten, ordain, stablish, stand

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Kûwn occurs 216 times in 208 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (7), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (5), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (6), 1 Chronicles (22), 2 Chronicles (23), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (1), Esther (2), Job (15), Psalms (49), Proverbs (19), Isaiah (10), Jeremiah (7), Ezekiel (7), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Micah (1), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — K