堪
kān
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How is 堪 read in the Chinese Bible?
堪 is read kān in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses across 3 books, first in Job 30:18. Common words: 玛勒堪, 不堪.
- Occurrences
- 4
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 3
- First in
- Job 30:18
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: to endure; adequate, capable, worthy
In the text
- Job 30:18
因 神的大力，我的外衣污秽不堪， 又如里衣的领子将我缠住。
- Jeremiah 49:1
论亚扪人。耶和华如此说： 以色列没有儿子吗？ 没有后嗣吗？ 玛勒堪为何得迦得之地为业呢？ 属他的民为何住其中的城邑呢？
- Jeremiah 49:3
希实本哪，你要哀号， 因为爱地变为荒场。 拉巴的居民 哪，要呼喊， 以麻布束腰； 要哭号，在篱笆中跑来跑去； 因玛勒堪和属他的祭司、 首领要一同被掳去。
- Zephaniah 1:5
与那些在房顶上敬拜天上万象的， 并那些敬拜耶和华指着他起誓， 又指着玛勒堪起誓的，
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.