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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. Genesis 45:15כֵ֔ן
    Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
  2. Genesis 45:21כֵן֙ · [as they were told]
    So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.
  3. Genesis 47:22כֵּ֕ן
    However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
  4. Genesis 48:18כֵ֣ן · so
    “Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
  5. Genesis 50:3כֵּ֥ן
    …taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
  6. Genesis 50:11כֵּ֞ן
    When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
  7. Genesis 50:12כֵּ֖ן
    So Jacob’s sons did as he had charged them.
  8. Exodus 1:12כֵּ֥ן; וְכֵ֣ן
    But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  9. Exodus 3:20כֵ֖ן · that
    So I will stretch out My hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders I will perform among them. And after that, he will release you.
  10. Exodus 5:8כֵּ֗ן
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  11. Exodus 5:17כֵּן֙
    “You are slackers!” Pharaoh replied. “Slackers! That is why you keep saying, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.’
  12. Exodus 6:6לָכֵ֞ן · Therefore
    Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  13. Exodus 6:9כֵּ֖ן · this [message]
    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.
  14. Exodus 7:6כֵּ֥ן
    So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
  15. Exodus 7:10כֵ֔ן
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
  16. Exodus 7:11כֵּֽן׃ · the same things
    But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.
  17. Exodus 7:20כֵן֩
    Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
  18. Exodus 7:22כֵ֛ן · the same things
    But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
  19. Exodus 8:7כֵ֥ן · the same thing
    But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
  20. Exodus 8:17כֵ֗ן
    This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
  21. Exodus 8:18כֵ֨ן
    The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
  22. Exodus 8:24כֵּ֔ן · so
    And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.
  23. Exodus 8:26כֵּ֔ן · that
    But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
  24. Exodus 10:10כֵ֤ן
    Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
  25. Exodus 10:11כֵ֗ן
    No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
  26. Exodus 10:14כֵ֤ן · so; כֵּֽן׃
    The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
  27. Exodus 10:29כֵּ֣ן · As
    “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
  28. Exodus 11:1כֵ֕ן · that
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
  29. Exodus 11:8כֵ֖ן · that
    And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
  30. Exodus 12:28כֵּ֥ן
    And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  31. Exodus 12:50כֵּ֥ן · this
    Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
  32. Exodus 13:15כֵּן֩
    And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’
  33. Exodus 14:4כֵֽן׃ · So this is what
    And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.
  34. Exodus 15:23כֵּ֥ן
    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
  35. Exodus 16:17כֵ֖ן · this
    So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.
  36. Exodus 16:29כֵּ֠ן
    Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
  37. Exodus 17:6כֵּן֙ · this
    Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
  38. Exodus 20:11כֵּ֗ן
    For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
  39. Exodus 22:30כֵּֽן־ · likewise
    You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.
  40. Exodus 23:11כֵּֽן־ · the same
    …but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
  41. Exodus 25:9וְכֵ֖ן
    You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
  42. Exodus 25:33כֵּ֚ן · and the same
    There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
  43. Exodus 26:4וְכֵ֤ן · the same
    Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
  44. Exodus 26:17כֵּ֣ן · in this way
    Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
  45. Exodus 26:24כֵּ֚ן
    …coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
  46. Exodus 27:8כֵּ֥ן
    Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
  47. Exodus 27:11וְכֵ֨ן · Likewise
    Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
  48. Exodus 34:32כֵ֥ן · this
    And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.