Hebrew word study

כּוּןkûwn — properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)

Pronounced “koon”

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)

Translated in the King James as: 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.

Appears 219 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 3×

Genesis 41:32 Genesis 43:16 Genesis 43:25

Exodus — 7×

Exodus 8:26 Exodus 15:17 Exodus 16:5 Exodus 19:11 Exodus 19:15 Exodus 23:20 Exodus 34:2

Numbers — 3×

Numbers 21:27 Numbers 23:1 Numbers 23:29

Deuteronomy — 4×

Deuteronomy 13:14 Deuteronomy 17:4 Deuteronomy 19:3 Deuteronomy 32:6

Joshua — 5×

Joshua 1:11 Joshua 3:17 Joshua 4:3 Joshua 4:4 Joshua 8:4

Judges — 3×

Judges 12:6 Judges 16:26 Judges 16:29

1 Samuel — 6×

1 Sam 7:3 1 Sam 13:13 1 Sam 20:31 1 Sam 23:22 1 Sam 23:23 1 Sam 26:4

2 Samuel — 6×

2 Sam 5:12 2 Sam 7:12 2 Sam 7:13 2 Sam 7:16 2 Sam 7:24 2 Sam 7:26

1 Kings — 6×

1 Ki 2:12 1 Ki 2:24 1 Ki 2:45 1 Ki 2:46 1 Ki 5:18 1 Ki 6:19

1 Chronicles — 24×

1 Chr 9:32 1 Chr 12:39 1 Chr 14:2 1 Chr 15:1 1 Chr 15:3 1 Chr 15:12 1 Chr 16:30 1 Chr 17:11 1 Chr 17:12 1 Chr 17:14 1 Chr 17:24 1 Chr 22:3 1 Chr 22:5 1 Chr 22:10 1 Chr 22:14 1 Chr 28:2 1 Chr 28:7 1 Chr 29:2 1 Chr 29:3 1 Chr 29:16 1 Chr 29:18 1 Chr 29:19+ 2 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 27×

2 Chr 1:4 2 Chr 2:7 2 Chr 2:9 2 Chr 3:1 2 Chr 8:16 2 Chr 12:1 2 Chr 12:14 2 Chr 17:5 2 Chr 19:3 2 Chr 20:33 2 Chr 26:14 2 Chr 27:6 2 Chr 29:19 2 Chr 29:35 2 Chr 29:36 2 Chr 30:19 2 Chr 31:11 2 Chr 33:16 2 Chr 35:4 2 Chr 35:6 2 Chr 35:10 2 Chr 35:14 2 Chr 35:15 2 Chr 35:16 2 Chr 35:20+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 3:3 Ezra 7:10

Nehemiah — 1×

Nehemiah 8:10

Esther — 2×

Esther 6:4 Esther 7:10

Job — 15×

Job 8:8 Job 11:13 Job 12:5 Job 15:23 Job 15:35 Job 18:12 Job 21:8 Job 27:16 Job 27:17 Job 28:27 Job 29:7 Job 31:15 Job 38:41 Job 42:7 Job 42:8

Psalms — 52×

Psalms 5:9 Psalms 7:9 Psalms 7:12 Psalms 7:13 Psalms 8:3 Psalms 9:7 Psalms 10:17 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 21:12 Psalms 24:2 Psalms 37:23 Psalms 38:17 Psalms 40:2 Psalms 48:8 Psalms 51:10 Psalms 57:6 Psalms 57:7 Psalms 59:4 Psalms 65:6 Psalms 65:9 Psalms 68:9 Psalms 68:10 Psalms 74:16 Psalms 78:8 Psalms 78:20+ 27 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 20×

Proverbs 3:19 Proverbs 4:18 Proverbs 4:26 Proverbs 6:8 Proverbs 8:27 Proverbs 12:3 Proverbs 12:19 Proverbs 16:3 Proverbs 16:9 Proverbs 16:12 Proverbs 19:29 Proverbs 20:18 Proverbs 21:29 Proverbs 21:31 Proverbs 22:18 Proverbs 24:3 Proverbs 24:27 Proverbs 25:5 Proverbs 29:14 Proverbs 30:25

Isaiah — 10×

Isaiah 2:2 Isaiah 9:7 Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 16:5 Isaiah 30:33 Isaiah 40:20 Isaiah 45:18 Isaiah 51:13 Isaiah 54:14 Isaiah 62:7

Jeremiah — 7×

Jeremiah 10:12 Jeremiah 10:23 Jeremiah 30:20 Jeremiah 33:2 Jeremiah 46:14 Jeremiah 51:12 Jeremiah 51:15

Ezekiel — 8×

Ezekiel 4:3 Ezekiel 4:7 Ezekiel 7:14 Ezekiel 16:7 Ezekiel 28:13 Ezekiel 38:7 Ezekiel 40:43+ 1 more in Ezekiel

Hosea — 1×

Amos — 1×

Micah — 1×

Nahum — 2×

Habakkuk — 1×

Zephaniah — 1×

Zechariah — 1×

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