Strong's Hebrew · H4134

H4134 mûwk

מוּךְ

mook

be poor

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mûwk appears 5 times in Scripture, all in Leviticus. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished

In the King James Version

be (waxen) poor(-er).

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 5 times in Scripture

Leviticus 25:47

“If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,”

Leviticus 27:8

“But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.”

Leviticus 25:35

“Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.”

Leviticus 25:25

“If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.”

Leviticus 25:39

“If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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