Ken כֵּן

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Ken
כֵּן
Transliterationken
Strong's numberH3651 (H3651C, H3651A, H3651B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechconjunction
Glossso
Occurrences771 in 737 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (98)

Ken (Hebrew כֵּן, Strong's H3651) is a Hebrew conjunction meaning “so”. It occurs 771 times in 737 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3651C: so

adv
1) so, therefore, thus
1a) thus, so
1b) just so
1c) therefore
1d) so...as (paired with adv)
1e) then
1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)
1g) (with prep)
1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)
1g2) hitherto
1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)
1g4) afterwards
1g5) in such case
Aramaic equivalent: ken (כֵּן "thus" H3652)

H3651A: right

adv
adj
1) right, just, honest, true, veritable
1a) right, just, honest
1b) correct
1c) true, veritable

H3651B: as

adv
forasmuch as, since

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtrue (5), therefore (2), wherefore (2), this (2), thus (2), manner (2), cause (2), more (1), such (1), well (1), likewise (1), all (1), and 11 other renderings
BSBtherefore (159), this (27), same (14), this way (9), this is what (7), likewise (6), it (4), is what (4), such (4), yes (3), very well (3), same way (3), and 60 other renderings

Verses

Ken occurs in 737 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (56): 1:7, 1:9, 1:11, 1:15, 1:24, 1:30, 2:24, 4:15, 6:4, 6:22, 10:9, 11:9, 15:14, 16:14, 18:5, 19:8, 19:22, 20:6, 21:31, 23:19, 25:22, 25:26, 25:30, 26:33, 29:26, 29:28, 29:34, 29:35, 30:6, 30:15, 31:48, 32:20, 32:32, 33:10, 33:17, 34:7, 38:26, 41:13, 41:31, 42:11, 42:19, 42:20, 42:21, 42:25, 42:31, 42:33, 42:34, 43:11, 44:10, 45:15, 45:21, 47:22, 48:18, 50:3, 50:11, 50:12

Exodus (49): 1:12, 3:20, 5:8, 5:17, 6:6, 6:9, 7:6, 7:10, 7:11, 7:20, 7:22, 8:7, 8:17, 8:18, 8:24, 8:26, 10:10, 10:11, 10:14, 10:29, 11:1, 11:8, 12:28, 12:50, 13:15, 14:4, 15:23, 16:17, 16:29, 17:6, 20:11, 22:30, 23:11, 25:9, 25:33, 26:4, 26:17, 26:24, 27:8, 27:11, 34:32, 36:11, 36:22, 36:29, 37:19, 39:32, 39:42, 39:43, 40:16

Leviticus (12): 4:20, 8:35, 10:13, 14:36, 16:16, 16:26, 16:28, 17:12, 24:19, 24:20, 27:12, 27:14

Numbers (35): 1:54, 2:17, 2:34, 4:15, 5:4, 6:21, 8:3, 8:4, 8:15, 8:20, 8:22, 9:5, 9:14, 9:16, 9:17, 10:31, 12:7, 13:33, 14:28, 14:43, 15:14, 15:20, 16:11, 17:11, 18:24, 18:28, 20:12, 21:14, 21:27, 25:12, 27:7, 32:23, 32:31, 36:5, 36:10

Deuteronomy (22): 3:21, 4:5, 5:15, 7:19, 8:20, 10:9, 12:4, 12:22, 12:30, 12:31, 15:11, 15:15, 15:17, 18:14, 19:7, 20:15, 21:13, 22:3, 22:26, 24:18, 24:22, 28:63

Joshua (17): 1:17, 2:4, 2:21, 4:8, 5:15, 7:26, 8:34, 9:26, 10:1, 10:23, 10:26, 10:39, 11:15, 14:5, 14:14, 21:42, 23:15

Judges (21): 1:7, 2:17, 5:15, 5:31, 6:20, 6:22, 6:38, 6:40, 7:17, 8:7, 10:13, 11:8, 11:10, 12:6, 14:10, 15:11, 15:19, 16:4, 18:12, 21:14, 21:23

1 Samuel (23): 1:7, 2:30, 3:14, 5:5, 5:7, 6:10, 8:8, 9:13, 10:5, 10:12, 15:33, 19:24, 20:29, 23:17, 23:28, 24:5, 24:8, 25:25, 26:24, 27:6, 28:2, 28:18, 30:23

2 Samuel (31): 2:1, 3:9, 3:28, 5:8, 5:20, 5:25, 7:17, 7:22, 7:27, 8:1, 9:11, 10:1, 12:31, 13:1, 13:12, 13:18, 13:35, 14:17, 15:1, 16:10, 16:19, 16:23, 18:14, 18:20, 20:18, 20:21, 21:14, 21:18, 22:50, 23:5, 24:10

1 Kings (24): 1:30, 1:36, 1:37, 2:7, 2:38, 6:26, 6:33, 7:18, 9:9, 10:12, 10:20, 10:29, 11:8, 12:32, 13:9, 14:4, 14:10, 20:23, 20:25, 20:40, 22:8, 22:12, 22:19, 22:22

2 Kings (14): 1:4, 1:6, 1:16, 2:10, 6:24, 7:9, 7:20, 15:12, 16:11, 17:9, 18:21, 19:32, 21:12, 22:20

1 Chronicles (10): 11:7, 13:4, 14:11, 17:15, 17:25, 18:1, 19:1, 20:3, 20:4, 23:30

2 Chronicles (19): 1:12, 1:17, 7:22, 8:14, 9:19, 16:7, 18:7, 18:11, 18:18, 18:21, 20:1, 20:26, 20:35, 24:4, 32:17, 32:23, 32:31, 33:14, 35:12

Ezra (3): 3:5, 10:12, 10:16

Nehemiah (6): 2:16, 5:12, 5:15, 6:6, 6:13, 8:17

Esther (11): 1:8, 1:13, 2:4, 2:12, 3:2, 4:16, 6:10, 7:5, 9:14, 9:19, 9:26

Job (22): 3:1, 5:27, 6:3, 7:3, 7:9, 8:13, 9:2, 9:22, 9:35, 17:4, 20:2, 20:21, 22:10, 23:15, 32:6, 32:10, 34:10, 34:25, 34:27, 37:24, 42:3, 42:6

Psalms (35): 1:4, 1:5, 16:9, 18:49, 25:8, 42:1, 42:6, 45:2, 45:7, 45:17, 46:2, 48:5, 48:8, 48:10, 61:8, 63:2, 63:4, 65:9, 73:6, 73:10, 78:21, 83:15, 90:12, 103:15, 110:7, 119:104, 119:119, 119:127, 119:128, 119:129, 123:2, 127:2, 127:4, 128:4, 147:20

Proverbs (18): 1:19, 6:15, 6:29, 7:15, 10:26, 11:19, 15:7, 23:7, 24:14, 24:29, 26:1, 26:2, 26:8, 26:19, 27:8, 27:19, 28:2, 30:20

Ecclesiastes (6): 3:19, 5:2, 5:16, 7:6, 8:10, 8:11

Song of Solomon (3): 1:3, 2:2, 2:3

Isaiah (69): 1:24, 1:26, 5:13, 5:14, 5:24, 5:25, 7:14, 8:7, 9:17, 10:7, 10:11, 10:16, 10:24, 13:7, 13:13, 14:24, 15:4, 15:7, 16:6, 16:7, 16:9, 16:11, 17:10, 20:2, 20:4, 21:3, 22:4, 24:6, 24:15, 25:3, 26:14, 26:17, 27:9, 27:11, 28:14, 28:16, 29:8, 29:14, 29:22, 30:7, 30:12, 30:13, 30:16, 30:18, 31:4, 31:5, 36:6, 37:33, 38:13, 38:14, 47:15, 50:7, 51:21, 52:6, 52:14, 52:15, 53:12, 54:9, 55:9, 55:11, 57:10, 59:9, 61:7, 61:11, 63:14, 65:8, 65:13, 66:13, 66:22

Jeremiah (98): 2:9, 2:26, 2:33, 3:20, 5:2, 5:6, 5:14, 5:19, 5:27, 5:31, 6:7, 6:15, 6:18, 6:21, 7:20, 7:32, 8:6, 8:10, 8:12, 9:7, 9:15, 10:21, 11:11, 11:21, 11:22, 12:8, 13:11, 14:10, 14:15, 15:19, 16:14, 16:16, 16:21, 18:6, 18:13, 18:21, 19:6, 19:12, 20:11, 21:7, 22:18, 23:2, 23:7, 23:10, 23:12, 23:15, 23:30, 23:38, 23:39, 24:5, 24:8, 25:8, 28:6, 28:16, 29:28, 29:32, 30:16, 31:3, 31:20, 31:28, 32:28, 32:36, 32:42, 33:22, 34:5, 34:11, 34:17, 35:17, 35:19, 36:30, 38:4, 38:12, 39:12, 42:5, 42:15, 42:18, 42:20, 44:11, 44:23, 44:26, 46:26, 48:11, 48:12, 48:30, 48:31, 48:36, 49:2, 49:6, 49:20, 49:26, 50:18, 50:30, 50:39, 50:45, 51:7, 51:36, 51:47, 51:52

Lamentations (3): 1:8, 3:21, 3:24

Ezekiel (82): 1:28, 5:7, 5:8, 5:10, 5:11, 7:20, 11:4, 11:5, 11:7, 11:16, 11:17, 12:7, 12:11, 12:23, 12:28, 13:8, 13:13, 13:20, 13:23, 14:4, 14:6, 15:6, 16:35, 16:37, 17:19, 18:30, 20:27, 20:30, 20:36, 21:4, 21:12, 21:24, 22:4, 22:19, 22:20, 22:22, 23:9, 23:22, 23:35, 23:44, 24:6, 24:9, 25:4, 25:7, 25:9, 25:13, 25:16, 26:3, 28:6, 28:7, 29:8, 29:10, 29:19, 30:22, 31:5, 31:10, 33:10, 33:25, 34:7, 34:9, 34:12, 34:20, 35:6, 35:11, 35:15, 36:3, 36:4, 36:5, 36:6, 36:7, 36:14, 36:22, 36:38, 37:12, 38:14, 39:25, 40:16, 41:7, 42:6, 42:11, 44:12, 45:20

Hosea (10): 2:6, 2:9, 2:14, 4:3, 4:7, 4:13, 6:5, 11:2, 13:3, 13:6

Joel (2): 2:4, 2:28

Amos (11): 3:2, 3:11, 3:12, 4:5, 4:12, 5:11, 5:13, 5:14, 5:16, 6:7, 7:17

Jonah (1): 4:2

Micah (6): 1:14, 2:3, 2:5, 3:6, 3:12, 5:3

Nahum (1): 1:12

Habakkuk (4): 1:4, 1:15, 1:16, 1:17

Zephaniah (2): 2:9, 3:8

Haggai (2): 1:10, 2:14

Zechariah (9): 1:6, 1:16, 7:13, 8:13, 8:15, 10:2, 11:7, 11:11, 14:15

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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