坎
kǎn
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How is 坎 read in the Chinese Bible?
坎 is read kǎn in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses across 3 books, first in 1 Kings 6:6. Common words: 坑坎.
- Occurrences
- 4
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 3
- First in
- 1 Kings 6:6
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis
In the text
- 1 Kings 6:6
下层宽五肘，中层宽六肘，上层宽七肘。殿外旁屋的梁木搁在殿墙坎上，免得插入殿墙。
- 1 Kings 6:10
靠着殿所造的旁屋，每层高五肘，香柏木的栋梁搁在殿墙坎上。
- Psalms 69:15
求你不容大水漫过我， 不容深渊吞灭我， 不容坑坎在我以上合口。
- Ezekiel 41:6
旁屋有三层，层叠而上，每层排列三十间。旁屋的梁木搁在殿墙坎上，免得插入殿墙。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.