Ken כֵּן

Ken (Hebrew כֵּן, Strong's H3653) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “stand”. It occurs 17 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Ken, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 40:13
  Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
• Genesis 41:13
  And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”

Exodus

• Exodus 30:18
  Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
• Exodus 30:28
  And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
• Exodus 31:9
  And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand—
• Exodus 35:16
  The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
• Exodus 38:8
  And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
• Exodus 39:39
  The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,the bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
• Exodus 40:11
  And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 8:11
  And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 7:29
  And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.
• 1 Kings 7:31
  And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 33:23
  Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

Daniel

• Daniel 11:7
  But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
• Daniel 11:20
  Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.
• Daniel 11:21
  And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
• Daniel 11:38
  But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.

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).