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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. 2 Samuel 3:28כֵ֔ן · Afterward
    Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
  2. 2 Samuel 5:8כֵּן֙
    On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
  3. 2 Samuel 5:20כֵּ֗ן
    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
  4. 2 Samuel 5:25כֵּ֔ן
    So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
  5. 2 Samuel 7:17כֵּ֛ן · So
    So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
  6. 2 Samuel 7:22כֵּ֥ן
    How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
  7. 2 Samuel 7:27כֵּ֗ן
    For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
  8. 2 Samuel 8:1כֵ֔ן
    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
  9. 2 Samuel 9:11כֵּ֖ן
    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
  10. 2 Samuel 10:1כֵ֔ן
    Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
  11. 2 Samuel 12:31וְכֵ֣ן · the same
    David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
  12. 2 Samuel 13:1כֵ֗ן
    After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
  13. 2 Samuel 13:12כֵ֖ן · such
    “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
  14. 2 Samuel 13:18כֵ֨ן · this is what
    So Amnon’s attendant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a robe of many colors, because this is what the king’s virgin daughters wore.
  15. 2 Samuel 13:35כֵּ֥ן · It is just as
    So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
  16. 2 Samuel 14:17כֵּ֣ן
    And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
  17. 2 Samuel 15:1כֵ֔ן
    Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
  18. 2 Samuel 16:10כֵּֽן׃ס · this
    But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
  19. 2 Samuel 16:19כֵּ֖ן · so also
    Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
  20. 2 Samuel 16:23כֵּ֚ן · Such
    Now in those days the advice of Ahithophel was like the consultation of the word of God. Such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
  21. 2 Samuel 18:14כֵ֖ן · like this
    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
  22. 2 Samuel 20:18וְכֵ֥ן · and that is how
    Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
  23. 2 Samuel 20:21כֵ֣ן · the case
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  24. 2 Samuel 21:14כֵֽן׃פ
    And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  25. 2 Samuel 21:18כֵ֔ן
    Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
  26. 2 Samuel 22:50כֵּ֛ן
    Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
  27. 2 Samuel 23:5כֵ֥ן · right
    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
  28. 2 Samuel 24:10כֵ֖ן
    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  29. 1 Kings 1:30כֵּ֥ן
    I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
  30. 1 Kings 1:36כֵּ֚ן · so
    “Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.
  31. 1 Kings 1:37כֵּ֖ן · so
    Just as the LORD was with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon and make his throne even greater than that of my lord King David.”
  32. 1 Kings 2:7כֵן֙
    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
  33. 1 Kings 2:38כֵּ֖ן
    “The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
  34. 1 Kings 6:26וְכֵ֖ן
    …and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.
  35. 1 Kings 6:33וְכֵ֥ן · In the same way
    In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance.
  36. 1 Kings 7:18וְכֵ֣ן
    Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.
  37. 1 Kings 9:9כֵּ֗ן · this
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  38. 1 Kings 10:12כֵ֞ן · before had such
    The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)
  39. 1 Kings 10:20כֵ֖ן · like [this]
    Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
  40. 1 Kings 10:29וְ֠כֵן · Likewise
    A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
  41. 1 Kings 11:8וְכֵ֣ן · the same
    He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
  42. 1 Kings 12:32כֵּ֤ן · this
    And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.
  43. 1 Kings 13:9כֵ֣ן׀ · this is what
    For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
  44. 1 Kings 14:4כֵּן֙ · as [instructed]
    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
  45. 1 Kings 14:10לָכֵ֗ן · Because of all this
    Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
  46. 1 Kings 20:23כֵּ֖ן
    Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
  47. 1 Kings 20:25כֵּֽן׃פ · accordingly
    And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
  48. 1 Kings 20:40כֵּ֥ן · So
    But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”
  49. 1 Kings 22:8כֵּֽן׃ · that
    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
  50. 1 Kings 22:12כֵּ֖ן · the same
    And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”