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כֵּן

ken · so

Hebrew · Strong's H3651 · Conjunction · Sounds like: kane · 765 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • so H3651C 734
  • right H3651A · a Meaning of 22
  • as H3651B · a Meaning of 9

Strong's dictionary

from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כֵּן adj. right, veritable, honest
1. right
2. veritable, true
3. pl. concr. honest (men)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
כֵּן adv. so

Every occurrence

  1. Proverbs 1:19 כֵּ֗ן Ken · Describes an action

    So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  2. Proverbs 6:15 כֵּ֗ן Ken · Describes an action

    Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

  3. Proverbs 6:29 כֵּ֗ן Ken · Describes an action

    So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

  4. Proverbs 7:15 כֵּ֭ן ken · Describes an action

    Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

  5. Proverbs 10:26 כֵּ֥ן ken · Describes an action

    As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

  6. Proverbs 11:19 כֵּן־ ken- · Describes something

    He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life; And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

  7. Proverbs 15:7 כֵֽן׃ Khen · Describes something

    The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

  8. Proverbs 23:7 כֶּ֫ן־ Ken- · Describes an action

    For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

  9. Proverbs 24:14 כֵּ֤ן׀ ken · Describes an action

    So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.

  10. Proverbs 24:29 כֵּ֤ן ken · Describes an action

    Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

  11. Proverbs 26:1 כֵּ֤ן ken · Describes an action

    As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

  12. Proverbs 26:2 כֵּ֥ן ken · Describes an action

    As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

  13. Proverbs 26:8 כֵּן־ ken- · Describes an action

    As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

  14. Proverbs 26:19 כֵּֽן־ ken- · Describes an action

    So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

  15. Proverbs 27:8 כֵּֽן־ ken- · Describes an action

    As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

  16. Proverbs 27:19 כֵּ֤ן ken · Describes an action

    As in water face answereth to face, So the heart of man to man.

  17. Proverbs 28:2 כֵּ֣ן ken · Describes an action

    For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

  18. Proverbs 30:20 כֵּ֤ן׀ ken · Describes an action

    So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

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