כּוּן kûwn

Meaning

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)

In the King James Version: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Psalms 38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
• Psalms 40:2 He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
• Psalms 48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
• Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
• Psalms 57:6 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
• Psalms 57:7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
• Psalms 59:4 For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
• Psalms 65:6 You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
• Psalms 65:9 You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
• Psalms 68:9 You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
• Psalms 68:10 Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
• Psalms 74:16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
• Psalms 78:8 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
• Psalms 78:20 When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
• Psalms 78:37 Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
• Psalms 87:5 And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
• Psalms 89:2 For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
• Psalms 89:4 ‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah
• Psalms 89:21 My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.
• Psalms 89:37 like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
• Psalms 90:17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!
• Psalms 93:1 The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
• Psalms 93:2 Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.
• Psalms 96:10 Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
• Psalms 99:4 The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Psalms 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
• Psalms 102:28 The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
• Psalms 103:19 The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
• Psalms 107:36 He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
• Psalms 108:1 A song. A Psalm of David. My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my being.
• Psalms 112:7 He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
• Psalms 119:5 Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
• Psalms 119:73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
• Psalms 119:90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
• Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
• Psalms 140:11 May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
• Psalms 141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
• Psalms 147:8 who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
• Proverbs 3:19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom and established the heavens by understanding.
• Proverbs 4:18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Proverbs 4:26 Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
• Proverbs 6:8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
• Proverbs 8:27 I was there when He established the heavens, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,
• Proverbs 12:3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
• Proverbs 12:19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
• Proverbs 16:3 Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be achieved.
• Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
• Proverbs 16:12 Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
• Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
• Proverbs 20:18 Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
• Proverbs 21:31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
• Proverbs 22:18 for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
• Proverbs 24:3 By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
• Proverbs 24:27 Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
• Proverbs 25:5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
• Proverbs 29:14 A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.
• Proverbs 30:25 The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
• Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
• Isaiah 14:21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.