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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. Numbers 21:14כֵּן֙
    Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
  2. Numbers 21:27כֵּ֛ן
    That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
  3. Numbers 25:12לָכֵ֖ן · therefore
    Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
  4. Numbers 27:7כֵּ֗ן · correctly
    “The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
  5. Numbers 32:23כֵּ֔ן · this
    But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
  6. Numbers 32:31כֵּ֥ן · so
    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
  7. Numbers 36:5כֵּ֛ן · correctly
    So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
  8. Numbers 36:10כֵּ֥ן
    So the daughters of Zelophehad did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  9. Deuteronomy 3:21כֵּֽן־ · the same
    And at that time I commanded Joshua: “Your own eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. The LORD will do the same to all the kingdoms you are about to enter.
  10. Deuteronomy 4:5כֵּ֔ן
    See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
  11. Deuteronomy 5:15כֵּ֗ן
    Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
  12. Deuteronomy 7:19כֵּֽן־ · the same
    …the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
  13. Deuteronomy 8:20כֵּ֖ן · so
    Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
  14. Deuteronomy 10:9כֵּ֞ן
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
  15. Deuteronomy 12:4כֵּ֔ן · in this way
    You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
  16. Deuteronomy 12:22כֵּ֖ן
    Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
  17. Deuteronomy 12:30כֵּ֖ן
    …be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
  18. Deuteronomy 12:31כֵ֔ן · in this way
    You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
  19. Deuteronomy 15:11כֵּ֞ן
    For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
  20. Deuteronomy 15:15כֵּ֞ן
    Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
  21. Deuteronomy 15:17כֵּֽן׃ · the same way
    …then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.
  22. Deuteronomy 18:14כֵ֔ן · to do so
    Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
  23. Deuteronomy 19:7כֵּ֛ן
    This is why I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
  24. Deuteronomy 20:15כֵּ֤ן · This is how
    This is how you are to treat all the cities that are far away from you and do not belong to the nations nearby.
  25. Deuteronomy 21:13כֵּ֜ן
    …and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
  26. Deuteronomy 22:3וְכֵ֧ן · the same; וְכֵ֣ן; וְכֵ֣ן
    And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
  27. Deuteronomy 22:26כֵּ֖ן
    Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
  28. Deuteronomy 24:18כֵּ֞ן
    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
  29. Deuteronomy 24:22כֵּ֞ן
    Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
  30. Deuteronomy 28:63כֵּ֣ן · so also
    Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
  31. Joshua 1:17כֵּ֖ן
    Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you. And may the LORD your God be with you, as He was with Moses.
  32. Joshua 2:4כֵּ֗ן · Yes
    But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
  33. Joshua 2:21כֶּן־
    “Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
  34. Joshua 4:8כֵ֣ן
    Thus the Israelites did as Joshua had commanded them. They took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each tribe of Israel, just as the LORD had told Joshua; and they carried them to the camp, where they set them down.
  35. Joshua 5:15כֵּֽן׃ · so
    The Commander of the LORD’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
  36. Joshua 7:26כֵּ֠ן
    And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
  37. Joshua 8:34כֵ֗ן
    Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.
  38. Joshua 9:26כֵּ֑ן · So
    So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.
  39. Joshua 10:1כֵּן־
    Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
  40. Joshua 10:23כֵ֔ן · So
    So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
  41. Joshua 10:26כֵן֙ · this
    After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
  42. Joshua 10:39כֵּן־ · and as
    And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
  43. Joshua 11:15כֵּן־ · so; וְכֵן֙ · That is what
    As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
  44. Joshua 14:5כֵּ֥ן · So
    So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
  45. Joshua 14:14כֵּ֣ן
    Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
  46. Joshua 21:42כֵּ֖ן · this was true
    Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
  47. Joshua 23:15כֵּן֩ · likewise
    But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.