Definition

properly, to cut, i.e. damage; also to grow (causatively, make) poor

Etymology

probably a denominative from H7915 (שַׂכִּין);

Word family

• שַׂכִּין sakkîyn

How the KJV renders it

• endanger
• impoverish

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.