Cakan means “be advantage” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5532 — chreia (“employment”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5532 סָכַן (cakan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cakan (saw-kan') v. 1. to be familiar with 2. (by implication) to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary It has 10 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include ever, ministered, acquaint, profiteth, and advantage. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
cakan (saw-kan') v. 1. to be familiar with 2. (by implication) to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary [a primitive root] KJV: acquaint (self), be advantage, X ever, (be, (un-))profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5532. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be useful
Usage: 1) to be of use or service or profit or benefit 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be of use or service 1a2) servitor, steward (participle) 1a3) to benefit, profit 1b) (Hiphil) to be used, be wont, exhibit use or habit, show harmony with, be familiar with, know intimately
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cakan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay.
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5532.
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay.
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5532, grouped by book.
Cakan (Strong's H5532) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "be advantage". cakan (saw-kan') v. 1. to be familiar with 2. (by implication) to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H5532 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5532 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ever, ministered, acquaint, profiteth, advantage, and acquainted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.