Keraia
Lexicon

כֵּן

kenrightHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentAdverb765 occurrences35 books731 verses

Definition

from H3559; 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)
Traditional renderings: after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, (for-) asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), × the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, × you.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כֵּן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

765 total
  1. Isaiah 38:13כֵּ֥ן
    I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
  2. Isaiah 38:14כֵּ֣ן
    I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
  3. Isaiah 47:15כֵּ֥ן · This is what
    This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
  4. Isaiah 50:7כֵּ֖ן; כֵּ֞ן
    Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.
  5. Isaiah 51:21לָכֵ֛ן · Therefore
    Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
  6. Isaiah 52:6לָכֵ֛ן · Therefore; לָכֵן֙ · therefore
    Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”
  7. Isaiah 52:14כֵּן־
    Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
  8. Isaiah 52:15כֵּ֤ן · so
    …so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
  9. Isaiah 53:12לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
  10. Isaiah 54:9כֵּ֥ן · So
    “For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
  11. Isaiah 55:9כֵּ֣ן · so
    “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
  12. Isaiah 55:11כֵּ֣ן · so
    …so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
  13. Isaiah 57:10כֵּ֖ן
    You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
  14. Isaiah 59:9כֵּ֗ן
    Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
  15. Isaiah 61:7לָכֵ֤ן · and so
    Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
  16. Isaiah 61:11כֵּ֣ן׀ · so
    For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
  17. Isaiah 63:14כֵּ֚ן · this way
    Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
  18. Isaiah 65:8כֵּ֤ן · so
    This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
  19. Isaiah 65:13לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
  20. Isaiah 66:13כֵּ֤ן · so
    As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
  21. Isaiah 66:22כֵּ֛ן · so
    “For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
  22. Jeremiah 2:9לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
  23. Jeremiah 2:26כֵּ֥ן · so
    As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
  24. Jeremiah 2:33לָכֵן֙
    How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
  25. Jeremiah 3:20כֵּ֣ן · so
    But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
  26. Jeremiah 5:2לָכֵ֥ן
    Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
  27. Jeremiah 5:6כֵּן֩
    Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
  28. Jeremiah 5:14לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
  29. Jeremiah 5:19כֵּ֚ן · so
    And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
  30. Jeremiah 5:27כֵּ֥ן · so; כֵּ֥ן
    Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
  31. Jeremiah 5:31כֵ֑ן · it so
    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
  32. Jeremiah 6:7כֵּ֖ן · so
    As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
  33. Jeremiah 6:15לָכֵ֞ן · So
    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
  34. Jeremiah 6:18לָכֵ֖ן · Therefore
    Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
  35. Jeremiah 6:21לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
  36. Jeremiah 7:20לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
  37. Jeremiah 7:32לָכֵ֞ן · So
    So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
  38. Jeremiah 8:6כֵ֣ן · what is right
    I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  39. Jeremiah 8:10לָכֵן֩ · Therefore
    Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
  40. Jeremiah 8:12לָכֵ֞ן · So
    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
  41. Jeremiah 9:7לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
  42. Jeremiah 9:15לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
  43. Jeremiah 10:21כֵּן֙
    For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
  44. Jeremiah 11:11לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
  45. Jeremiah 11:21לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
  46. Jeremiah 11:22לָכֵ֗ן · So
    So this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
  47. Jeremiah 12:8כֵּ֥ן
    My inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.