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. Zephaniah 2:9לָכֵ֣ן · Therefore
    Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”
  2. Zephaniah 3:8לָכֵ֤ן · Therefore
    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.
  3. Haggai 1:10כֵּ֣ן
    Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
  4. Haggai 2:14כֵּ֣ן · So [it is]; וְכֵן־ · [and]; וְכֵ֖ן · and so [it is]
    Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
  5. Zechariah 1:6כֵּ֖ן · so
    But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
  6. Zechariah 1:16לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’
  7. Zechariah 7:13כֵּ֤ן · so
    And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
  8. Zechariah 8:13כֵּ֚ן · so
    As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
  9. Zechariah 8:15כֵּ֣ן · so
    …“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.
  10. Zechariah 10:2כֵּן֙
    For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
  11. Zechariah 11:7לָכֵ֖ן · especially
    So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
  12. Zechariah 11:11כֵ֜ן · and so
    It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
  13. Zechariah 14:15וְכֵ֨ן · And a similar
    And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.