כִּשְׁרוֹןkishrôwn

skill, success

Pronunciation: kish-rone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3788

Meanings

1. skill (Ecclesiastes 2:21; Ecclesiastes 4:4)

2. success, profit (Ecclesiastes 5:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:21 Some people work wisely with knowledge and skill, then must leave the fruit of their efforts to someone who hasn’t worked for it. This, too, is meaningless, a great tragedy.
  • Ecclesiastes 4:4 Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
  • Ecclesiastes 5:11 The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).