Keraia
Lexicon

כֵּן

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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. Ezekiel 36:14לָכֵ֗ן · therefore
    …therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.
  2. Ezekiel 36:22לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.
  3. Ezekiel 36:38כֵּ֤ן · so
    Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
  4. Ezekiel 37:12לָכֵן֩ · Therefore
    Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
  5. Ezekiel 38:14לָכֵן֙ · Therefore
    Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?
  6. Ezekiel 39:25לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
  7. Ezekiel 40:16וְכֵ֖ן
    The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
  8. Ezekiel 41:7כֵּ֥ן; וְכֵ֧ן · And so
    The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
  9. Ezekiel 42:6כֵּ֣ן
    For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.
  10. Ezekiel 42:11כֵּ֣ן
    …with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.
  11. Ezekiel 44:12כֵּן֩
    Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
  12. Ezekiel 45:20וְכֵ֤ן · the same thing
    You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.
  13. Hosea 2:6לָכֵ֛ן · Therefore
    Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
  14. Hosea 2:9לָכֵ֣ן · Therefore
    Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
  15. Hosea 2:14לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
  16. Hosea 4:3כֵּ֣ן׀
    Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
  17. Hosea 4:7כֵּ֣ן
    The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
  18. Hosea 4:13כֵּ֗ן
    They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
  19. Hosea 6:5כֵּ֗ן
    Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
  20. Hosea 11:2כֵּ֚ן · the farther
    But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
  21. Hosea 13:3לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
  22. Hosea 13:6כֵּ֖ן
    When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
  23. Joel 2:4כֵּ֥ן
    Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
  24. Joel 2:28כֵ֗ן
    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
  25. Amos 3:2כֵּן֙
    “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
  26. Amos 3:11לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
  27. Amos 3:12כֵּ֣ן · so
    This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
  28. Amos 4:5כֵ֤ן · that is what
    Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
  29. Amos 4:12לָכֵ֕ן · Therefore
    “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
  30. Amos 5:11לָ֠כֵן · Therefore
    Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
  31. Amos 5:13לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
  32. Amos 5:14כֵ֞ן
    Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
  33. Amos 5:16לָ֠כֵן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.
  34. Amos 6:7לָכֵ֛ן · Therefore
    Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
  35. Amos 7:17לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
  36. Jonah 4:2כֵּ֥ן
    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
  37. Micah 1:14לָכֵן֙ · Therefore
    Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.
  38. Micah 2:3לָכֵ֗ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
  39. Micah 2:5לָכֵן֙ · Therefore
    Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
  40. Micah 3:6לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
  41. Micah 3:12לָכֵן֙ · Therefore
    Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
  42. Micah 5:3לָכֵ֣ן · Therefore
    Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.
  43. Nahum 1:12וְכֵ֣ן; וְכֵ֥ן · yet
    This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
  44. Habakkuk 1:4כֵּן֙; כֵּ֛ן
    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
  45. Habakkuk 1:15כֵּ֖ן
    The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
  46. Habakkuk 1:16כֵּן֙
    Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
  47. Habakkuk 1:17כֵּ֖ן · therefore
    Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?