כּוּן kûwn — properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)
Translated in the KJV as certain, confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain.
a primitive root; 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).
kûwn in each stem
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 44Imperfect (yiqtol) 17Imperative 15Infinitive construct 12Wayyiqtol 9Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Participle (active) 4Infinitive absolute 1Cohortative 1
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.
Niph'al
Participle (active) 36Imperfect (yiqtol) 20Wayyiqtol 5Perfect (qatal) 3Imperative 2Jussive 1
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Polel
Perfect (qatal) 11Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Wayyiqtol 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Imperative 3
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Hoph'al
Participle (passive) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Perfect (qatal) 2
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Hitpolel
Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Jussive 1
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Polal
Perfect (qatal) 2
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›