מִסְכֵּןmiçkên

poor (Ecclesiastes 4:13; Ecclesiastes 9:15; Ecclesiastes 9:16)

Pronunciation: mis-kane' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4542

Same root

סִכְלוּתçiklûwth · H5531silliness
מִסְכֵּנֻתmiçkênuth · H4544indigence

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

Ecclesiastes 4:13 It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.
Ecclesiastes 9:15 A poor, wise man knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. But afterward no one thought to thank him.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.

See every passage

Ecclesiastes 4:13, 9:15, 9:16

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).