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Strong's #3651: ken (pronounced kane)

from 3559; 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):--+ after that (this, -ward, -wards), as ... as, + (for-)asmuch as yet, + be (for which) cause, + following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), X the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, + there (where)-fore, this, thus, true, well, X you.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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kên

1) so, therefore, thus (adverb)

1a) thus, so

1b) just so

1c) therefore

1d) so ... as (paired with adverb)

1e) then

1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)

1g) (with preposition)

1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)

1g2) hitherto

1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)

1g4) afterwards

1g5) in such case

2) right, just, honest, true, veritable (adjective)

2a) right, just, honest

2b) correct

2c) true, veritable

2d) true!, right!, correct! (in assent)

Part of Speech: see above in Definition

Relation: from H3559

Same Word by TWOT Number: 964a, 964b



Usage:

This word is used 769 times:

Nehemiah 5:15: "bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because"
Nehemiah 6:6: "think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou"
Nehemiah 6:13: "that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report,"
Nehemiah 8:17: "had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great"
Esther 1:8: "none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all"
Esther 1:13: "which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all"
Esther 2:4: "And the thing pleased the king; and he did so."
Esther 2:12: "twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so"
Esther 3:2: "Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed"
Esther 4:16: "also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king,"
Esther 4:16: "and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which"
Esther 6:10: "as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth"
Esther 7:5: "is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?"
Esther 9:14: "And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged"
Esther 9:19: "Therefore Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made"
Esther 9:26: "Wherefore Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name"
Esther 9:26: "Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore Therefore for all"
Job 3:1: "After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed"
Job 5:27: "Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou"
Job 6:3: "it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore therefore my words are swallowed up."
Job 7:3: " So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed"
Job 7:9: "As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no"
Job 8:13: " So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:"
Job 9:2: "I know it is so it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with"
Job 9:22: "This is one thing, therefore thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect"
Job 9:35: "fear him; but it is not so with"
Job 17:4: "thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt"
Job 20:2: " Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste."
Job 20:21: "There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods."
Job 22:10: "Therefore Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth"
Job 23:15: "Therefore Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of"
Job 32:6: "am young, and ye are very old; wherefore wherefore I was afraid, and durst"
Job 32:10: " Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion."
Job 34:10: " Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness;"
Job 34:25: " Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed."
Job 34:27: "Because Because they turned back from him, and would not consider"
Job 37:24: "Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart."
Job 42:3: "counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful"
Job 42:6: "Wherefore Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
Psalms 1:4: "The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind"
Psalms 1:5: "Therefore Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation"
Psalms 16:9: " Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest"
Psalms 18:49: "Therefore Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name."
Psalms 25:8: "Good and upright is the LORD: therefore therefore will he teach sinners in the way."
Psalms 42:1: "after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God."
Psalms 42:6: "my soul is cast down within me: therefore me: therefore will I remember thee from the land"
Psalms 45:2: "of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore therefore God hath blessed"
Psalms 45:7: "righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore therefore God, thy God, hath anointed"
Psalms 45:17: "to be remembered in all generations: therefore therefore shall the people praise"
Psalms 46:2: "Therefore Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried"









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