Original Word: כֵּן
Part of Speech: Adjective; adverb; feminine; adverb
Transliteration: ken
Phonetic Spelling: (kane)
Short Definition: so I. כֵּן adjective right, veritable, honest (properly firm, upright; Syriac recte PS¹⁶⁶²) — absolute כֵּן Exodus 10:29 + (on possibly construct see

2 near the end); plural כֵּנִים Genesis 42:11,19,31,33,34; —

1 right, usually indecl., often as substantive a right thing, especially with vbb. dicendi Exodus 10:29 (J) כֵּן דִּבַּרְתָּ, Numbers 27:7 כֵּן דֹּבְרֹת, Numbers 36:5 (both P); כֵּן יַאֲרִיךְ Proverbs 28:2 (the) right (i.e. order and justice) shall last long (see De Now VB); = adverb aright, of pronunciation Judges 12:6; also with verb agendi Ecclesiastes 8:10 (on Isaiah 33:23 see III. כֵּן below כנן); right well Psalm 65:10; (Che; al. = so); with לֹא, as adjective, not right דְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹאכֵֿן 2 Kings 17:9 things which were not right (verb agendi); of heart of a fool Proverbs 15:7; Jeremiah 23:10; as substantive = what is not right, upright Jeremiah 8:6; with verb agendi לֹאכֵֿן 2 Kings 7:9 that which is not right we are doing, Jeremiah 48:30 b.

2 veritable, true, כֵּןצְֿדָקָה Proverbs 11:19 the veritable of righteousness = true righteousness; Isaiah 16:6 = Jeremiah 48:30 a may be either their boastings are not true or (Thes Che Di Du Gr Gie and others) the untruth of their boastings (לֹאכֵֿן as compound construct); absolute, in assent to something already said, Right! Correct! True! Joshua 2:4.

3 plural concrete honest (men) Genesis 42:11,19,31,33,34 (all E). — II. כֵּן thus, so, see below; III. כֵּן place, base, see below כנן; IV. [כֵּן], כִּנִּם, כִּנָּם, see below כנן.

I. כֵּן adverb so (PH. Late Hebrew ᵑ7 id.; Syriac is then, Arabic , , but: probably from the demonstrative √ ka, found in כִּי etc., Kö^{ii. 1, 254}); (הִיא) כֶּןהֿוּא Genesis 44:10 4t.: — so (i.e. usually, as has been described or commanded, with reference to what has preceded), mostly of manner, but sometimes also of quantity, quality, or degree:

1. a. Judges 5:31 כן יאבדו so perish thy enemies, Job 5:27 הִיאכֶּןֿ, Job 8:13 כן ארחות כל שׁכחי אל, Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 8:13; 2 Samuel 16:23; Isaiah 36:6; Isaiah 47:15 כן היו לך, Numbers 13:33 וכן היינו בעיניהם; Numbers 9:16 כָן יהיה תמיד Exodus 10:14 (twice in verse) לא היה כן ארבה׳כמהו וג (i. e. in such numbers), 1 Kings 10:12 כן עצי אלמגים לא בא, 1 Kings 10:20; 2Chronicles 1:12 (twice in verse), Judges 21:14 להם כןולא מצאו and they did not suffice for them so (namely in such numbers of them as there were); 1 Kings 6:26 וכן הכרוב השׁני, Ezekiel 41:7; ׳וכן ל Exodus 27:11; 1 Kings 10:29; Ezekiel 40:16; 2Chronicles 35:12, compare 1 Chronicles 23:30; ׳כן ל Exodus 25:33 (compare Exodus 26:24), Joshua 21:40.

b. the force of כֵּן has sometimes to be elicited from the context : 1 Kings 2:7 כי כן קרבו אלי (that is, with kindness such as that enjoined in v^a), 1 Kings 20:40 כן משׁפטך, Jeremiah 14:10 לנועכן אהבו (i.e. not less than ׳י has withdrawn from them Jeremiah 14:9, Gf Ke; Gie proposes אָכֵן), Psalm 61:9 שִׁמְךָכֵּן אֲזַמְּרָה (Hi כְּצִדְקְךָ, implied in Jeremiah 14:6-8), Psalm 63:3 חֲזִיתִךָכֵּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ (that is, with the longings of Psalm 63:2), Psalm 63:5 אֲבָרֶכְךָ בְחַיָּיכֵּן (that is כְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ Psalm 63:4), Psalm 65:10 כִּי כֵן תְּכִינֶהָ (i.e. so Generously, Psalm 65:10), Psalm 90:12 לִמְנוֺת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן הוֺדַע (Hi ׳כְּיִרְאַת י Psalm 90:11), Psalm 127:2 כֵּן יִתֵּן לִידִידוֺ שֵׁנָא (that is, as abundantly; but Che אָכֵן), Proverbs 24:14 (see Proverbs 24:13), Isaiah 52:14 כֵּן מִשְׁחַת מֵאִישׁ מַרְאֵהוּ (sufficiently to justify שׁממו עליך רבים).

c. כן occurs frequently in particular phrases, as (a) with הָיָה, especially ויהי כן and it was so Genesis 1:7,9,11 +, 2 Kings 2:10 if thou seest me taken from thee יהילֿך כן let it be to thee so (that is, as thou desirest), 2 Kings 7:20, with עשׂה (especially וַיַּעַשׂ, וַיַּעֲשׂוּ) Genesis 29:28; Genesis 42:20; Genesis 45:21 + often, Judges 7:16 וְכֵן תַּעֲשׂוּמִמֶּנִּי תִּרְאוּ, + ׳ל Genesis 42:25 ויעשׂ להם כן, Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:11 ׳כן תעשׂה ל, Deuteronomy 22:3; 2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Kings 11:8 (compare 1 Kings 6:33; 1 Kings 7:18); Genesis 29:26 לא יֵעָשֶׂה כן במקומנו, Genesis 34:7; 2 Samuel 13:12; rarer usages, דִּבֶּר כֵּן Exodus 6:9, אמר כן 1 Kings 22:8, כֵּן אמרתם Ezekiel 11:5; Ezekiel 33:10, ׳אָמֵן כֵּן יאֹמַר י 1 Kings 1:36 (compare Jeremiah 28:6), וגם שׁאול אבי יֹדֵעַ כֵּן 1 Samuel 23:17; אָהֵב כֵּן (idiomatic) to love (it) so, Jeremiah 5:31; Amos 4:5; (b) Genesis 50:3 ימלאו ימי החנֻטים כי כן (compare Judges 14:10; 2 Samuel 13:18; Esther 2:12); (c) alone, אִם כֵּן if it be so Genesis 25:22; Genesis 43:11; כִּיכֵֿןוַיִּרְאוּ 1 Samuel 5:7, יָדַעְתִּי כִּיכֵֿן Job 9:2; (d) לא כן not so (namely as has been described or implied), with a substantive Numbers 12:7 לא כן עבדי משׁה, 2 Samuel 20:21; 2 Samuel 23:5; Psalm 1:4; Job 9:35b כילֿאכֿן אנכי עמדי not so am I with myself (i.e. I am not conscious of being one who would fear him, v^a), with a verb Deuteronomy 18:14 ואתה ׳לא כן נתן לך י (not so, — namely as implied in v^a), 2 Samuel 18:14; Isaiah 10:7 לא כן יְדַמֶּה, לא כן יחשׁב, absolute Genesis 48:18 לא כן אבי, Exodus 10:11.

2 Often, to emphasize the agreement, in answer to כְּ, and כַּאֲשֶׁר: namely

a. כְּ ֗֗֗ כֵּן, (a) Genesis 44:10 = Joshua 2:21 כדבריכם כֶּןהֿוּא according to your words, so be it, 1 Samuel 25:25 כי כשׁמו כֶּןהֿוּא, Psalm 48:11; Proverbs 23:7 כֶּןהֿוּא (after conjunction כְּמוֺ), Ezekiel 42:11 כְּאָרְכָּן כֵּן רָחְבָּן; (b) Leviticus 27:12 כְּעֶרְכְּךָ כֵּן יִהְיֶה, 2 Samuel 13:35; Numbers 8:4; Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:20; Deuteronomy 8:20; Judges 11:10, so after כְּפִי Numbers 6:21; (c) כְּכֹל ֗֗֗ כֵּן ֗֗֗ 1 Samuel 8:8; 2 Samuel 7:17; Jeremiah 42:5; (d) in similes, (a) 2 Samuel 14:17 כן ׳אדני המלךכמלאך הא, Jeremiah 18:6; Psalm 123:2; Psalm 127:4; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 26:8,19; Proverbs 27:8,19; Songs 2:2,3; (β) Joel 2:4 כְּפָרָשִׁים כֵּן יְרוּצוּן, Isaiah 31:5; Isaiah 38:14; Psalm 103:15; Proverbs 26:1,2; (γ) Psalm 42:2 כאיל תערג ֗֗֗ כן׳נפשׁי וג like the hind which etc., Psalm 83:16; Isaiah 61:11; Isaiah 63:14; Job 7:3, so after כמו Isaiah 26:17; (δ) Jeremiah 2:26 גַּנָּב ֗֗֗ כֵּן הוֺבִישׁוּכְּבשֶׁת, Jeremiah 6:7; Jeremiah 34:5 (read כְּמשׂרפות), Ezekiel 22:22 (compare Ezekiel 22:20), Ezekiel 23:44; Ezekiel 34:12; compare (of degree) Ezekiel 35:15 (omitted by ᵐ5 Co), Hosea 4:7 כְּרֻבָּם כֵּן חָָֽטְאוּ לִי. Of time (un-common) 1 Samuel 9:13 כְּבֹאֲכֶם הָעִיר כֵּן תִּמְצְאוּן אֹתוֺ.

b. Ezra 10:12 כן כדבריך עלינו לעשׂות.

c. ֗֗֗ כֵּן ֗֗֗ כַּאֲשֶׁר, (a) Exodus 7:6 כן עשׂו ׳כאשׁר צוה י, Exodus 12:28,50; Exodus 39:43 (compare Exodus 27:8), Numbers 8:22 (compare Numbers 5:4), Numbers 17:26; Numbers 36:10; Joshua 14:5 (all P); Genesis 41:13 כאשׁר פתר כן היה, Joshua 10:1,39; Joshua 11:15; Judges 1:7; Judges 15:11b Psalm 48:9; (b) (frequently) Numbers 2:17 כֵּן יִסָּ֑עוּכאשׁר יַחֲנוּ, Exodus 1:12 (of degree = the more . . . the more) כַּאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֺ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ; (c) Genesis 6:22 אשׁר צוה אתו אלהים כן עשׂהככל, Exodus 39:32,42; Exodus 40:16; Numbers 1:54; Numbers 2:34; Numbers 8:20; Numbers 9:5 (all P), compare Exodus 25:9 (וְכֵן), simil. 2 Samuel 9:11; 2 Kings 16:11, compare Joshua 1:17; Jeremiah 42:20; (d) Exodus 27:8 הֶרְאָה אתך כן יעשׂוכאשׁר, 2 Samuel 16:19; 1 Kings 2:38; Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 52:14f.; with the same verb repeated Leviticus 24:19,20; Deuteronomy 28:63 כאשׁר שׂשׂ ֗֗֗ כן ישׂישׂ, Joshua 23:15; 1 Samuel 15:33; 1 Samuel 26:24; 1 Kings 1:37; Isaiah 10:11; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 31:28; Jeremiah 32:42; Jeremiah 42:18; Ezekiel 12:11; Ezekiel 20:36; Zechariah 7:13; Proverbs 24:29; Numbers 14:28 אעשׂהאם לא כאשׁר דברתם כן, Isaiah 14:24, so after הלא Isaiah 10:11, after asseverative כי 2 Samuel 3:9; 1 Kings 1:30; so ֗֗֗ כֵּן ׳כָּלעֻֿמַּת שֶׁ Ecclesiastes 5:15; (e) Judges 7:17b כאשׁר אעשׂה כן תעשׂון, Leviticus 27:14; Numbers 15:14, compare Jeremiah 39:12; (f) in similes, Deuteronomy 12:22; Deuteronomy 22:26; Amos 3:12; Isaiah 65:8; Jeremiah 13:11.

d. כן כאשׁר ֗֗֗ , (a) Exodus 7:10 ׳ויעשׂו כן כאשׁר צוה י, Exodus 7:20; Joshua 4:8; 2 Samuel 5:25; Ezekiel 12:7, compare Genesis 50:12; Numbers 8:3; iron. Amos 5:14 אתּכם כאשׁר ׳אמרתם יהי כן י, Exodus 10:10; (b) Genesis 18:5 כן תעשׂה כאשׁר דברת, Nehemiah 5:12. — Occasionally in poetry כאשׁר is not expressed : Isaiah 54:9 (De), Isaiah 55:9; Jeremiah 3:20; Job 7:9; Hosea 11:2 קראו להם כן הלכו מפניהם (of degree: so = in the same proportion), Psalm 48:6 המה ראו כן תמהו (i.e. in the same measure that they saw); Jeremiah 33:22 (according to many, but dubious; read probably כאשׁר Gie) it is represented by אשׁר (so Isaiah 54:9 Hi Ew Di): Judges 5:15 כ is not expressed. — Nahum 1:12 is probably corrupt; Zechariah 11:11 for כן עניי read כְּנַעֲנֵי. — כֹּה, כָּכָה, כָּזֹאת are synonyms, but differ considerably in usage.

3 With prepositions: —

a. אַחַרכֵּֿן, אַחֲרֵיכֵֿן, מֵאַחֲרֵיכֵֿן, literally after so, i.e. afterwards: see אַחַר.

b. בְּכֵן (late), literally in such circumstances, i.e. thereupon, then, Ecclesiastes 8:10; Esther 4:16 (ᵑ7 בְּכֵין often for אָז; e.g. Exodus 15:1; Syr^Jerusalem = τότε).

c. כֵּןכְּמוֺֿ Isaiah 51:6, according to some, like so, i.e. (Vrss Rabb) in like manner, or (De) like this (accompanied by a contemptuous gesture) = like a mere nothing: but see IV. כֵּן.

d. לָכֵן₂₀₀ according to such conditions, that being so, therefore Numbers 16:11; 1 Samuel 27:6; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 73:6; Psalm 73:10; especially in prophets, where it often introduces, after statement of the grounds, a divine declaration or command: Judges 10:13; 2 Kings 1:6; Amos 4:12; Isaiah 5:13,14,24; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 16:7; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 8:10 etc.; ׳לכן כה אמר י 2 Kings 21:12; Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 29:22; Isaiah 30:12; Isaiah 37:33; Jeremiah 5:14; Jeremiah 6:21 + often; followed by נאם האדון Isaiah 1:24; ׳נאם י 1 Samuel 2:30; Jeremiah 2:9; ׳לכן הנה ימים באים נאם י Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 16:14; Jeremiah 19:6 +; ׳לכן חי אני נאם י Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 35:6,11; Zephaniah 2:9; הנני ֗֗֗ לכן 1 Kings 14:10; Hosea 2:8; Hosea 2:16; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 16:21; Ezekiel 16:37; Ezekiel 22:19; b Ezekiel 25:4,7,9 +; לכן אֱמֹר Exodus 6:6; Numbers 25:12 (both P), Ezekiel 11:16,17; Ezekiel 14:6; Ezekiel 20:30; Ezekiel 33:25; Ezekiel 36:22; לָכֵן דַּבֵּר Ezekiel 14:4; Ezekiel 20:27; לָכֵן הִנָּכֵא Ezekiel 11:4; Ezekiel 36:3,6; Ezekiel 37:12; Ezekiel 38:14; . . . . לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ Isaiah 28:14; Isaiah 51:21; Jeremiah 6:18; Jeremiah 44:26 +. In answer to יען, Numbers 20:12 (P), 1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 1:16; 2 Kings 21:12; 2 Kings 22:20; Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 30:13; Jeremiah 19:6 +, Ezekiel 5:8; Ezekiel 13:23 +; so, once, וְלָכֵן Isaiah 8:7; to כי Isaiah 28:16; Jeremiah 35:17; על Jeremiah 9:14; אם Jeremiah 23:38; Jeremiah 42:15. Special usages: — (a) idiomatic, in conversation, in reply to an objection, to state the ground upon which the answer is made; Genesis 4:15 therefore — this being so — whoso killeth Cain, etc., Genesis 30:15; Judges 8:7; Judges 11:8; 1 Samuel 28:2; 1 Kings 22:19; Job 20:2 (ᵐ5 in Genesis Kings Job, not perceiving the idiom, renders οὐχοὕτως (as though לאכֿן): so also strangely, elsewhere, as 1 Samuel 3:14; 2 Kings 1:4,6; 2 Kings 21:12). (b) inferring the cause from the effect, or developing what is logically involved in a statement, Isaiah 26:14b (compare De) therefore thou hast visited and destroyed them (not a consequence of v^{a 'the dead rise not,'} but the development of what is implicit in it), Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 5:2 (because namely אין אמונה Jeremiah 5:1), Job 34:25; Job 42:3. — Zechariah 11:7 read לִכְנַעֲנֵי הַצּאֹן.

e. עַדכֵּֿן hitherto (of time), as yet Nehemiah 2:16.

f. עַלכֵּֿן₁₄₅ upon ground of such conditions, therefore (introducing, more Generally than לָכֵן, the statement of a fact, rather than a declaration: never used in the phrases noted under לָכֵן), Genesis 20:6; Genesis 42:21; Exodus 5:8,17; Exodus 16:29; Exodus 20:11; 1 Samuel 20:29; 1 Samuel 28:18; 2 Samuel 7:22,27; 1 Kings 20:23; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:16; Isaiah 13:7,13; Isaiah 15:4,7; Isaiah 16:9,11; Isaiah 17:10; Isaiah 21:3; Jeremiah 5:6,27; Jeremiah 10:21; Jeremiah 12:8; Jeremiah 20:11; Jeremiah 31:3,20; Ezekiel 7:20; Ezekiel 22:4; Ezekiel 31:5 etc., Psalm 1:5; Psalm 42:7; Psalm 45:3 c (the poet's inference from v^{a. b}), Psalm 1:8; Psalm 110:7; Job 6:3; Job 9:22; Job 17:4; Job 20:21 etc., Songs 1:3; and regularly where the origin of a name, or custom, or proverb is assigned, Genesis 2:24 ׳עלכֿן יעזב אישׁ וג, Genesis 10:9 יֵאָמַ֔רעלכֿן, Genesis 11:9 עלכֿן קרא שׁמה בבל, Genesis 16:14; Genesis 19:22; Genesis 21:31; Genesis 25:30; Genesis 26:33; Genesis 29:34; Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:6; Genesis 32:33; Genesis 47:22; Exodus 13:15; Exodus 15:23; Numbers 18:24; Numbers 21:14,27; Deuteronomy 10:9 (compare Deuteronomy 15:11,15; Deuteronomy 19:7; Deuteronomy 24:18,22), Joshua 7:26; Joshua 14:14; Judges 15:19; Judges 18:12; 1 Samuel 5:5; 1 Samuel 10:12; 1 Samuel 23:28 (? read so 1 Samuel 27:6) 2 Samuel 5:8,20 etc.; הַעַלכֵּֿן Habakkuk 1:17. — Esther 9:26 the 2nd על כן (unless dittograph) points unusually onwards to האגרתעל כל דברי on this account, on account, namely, etc.

II. כֵּן see כון; III. כֵּן see I. כנן; IV. כֵּן see II. כנן. p. 467, below

adverb thus, as follows (Biblical Hebrew כֵּן; ᵑ7 כֵּן, Syriac ); — usually with אֲמַר (אָמַ, etc.; compare Egyptian Aramaic CIS^{ii. 149 A 1, B-C 3} RÉS^{492B 5}), Daniel 2:24 וְכֵן אֲמַרלֵֿהּ, Daniel 2:25; Daniel 4:11; Daniel 6:7; Daniel 7:5,23; Ezra 5:3; Ezra 6:2 וְכֵןכְּֿ תִיב בְּגַוַּהּ.

after that this as

From kuwn; 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.

see HEBREW kuwn

וְ֠כֵן וְכֵ֖ן וְכֵ֞ן וְכֵ֣ן וְכֵ֤ן וְכֵ֥ן וְכֵ֧ן וְכֵ֨ן וְכֵן֙ וְכֵן־ וְלָכֵ֞ן וְלָכֵ֡ן וְלָכֵ֥ן וְלָכֵן֙ וּבְכֵ֞ן וּבְכֵ֡ן ובכן וכן וכן־ ולכן כֵ֑ן כֵ֔ן כֵ֕ן כֵ֖ן כֵ֗ן כֵ֛ן כֵ֜ן כֵ֞ן כֵ֡ן כֵ֣ן כֵ֣ן ׀ כֵ֤ן כֵ֥ן כֵ֨ן כֵ֨ן ׀ כֵ֭ן כֵּ֑ן כֵּ֔ן כֵּ֕ן כֵּ֖ן כֵּ֗ן כֵּ֚ן כֵּ֛ן כֵּ֜ן כֵּ֝֗ן כֵּ֞ן כֵּ֠ן כֵּ֡ן כֵּ֣ן כֵּ֣ן ׀ כֵּ֤ן כֵּ֤ן ׀ כֵּ֥ן כֵּ֨ן כֵּ֭ן כֵּֽן־ כֵּֽן׃ כֵּן֙ כֵּן֩ כֵּן֮ כֵּן־ כֵּנִ֣ים כֵֽן׃ כֵן֙ כֵן֩ כֵן֮ כֵן־ כֵנִ֖ים כֶּ֫ן־ כֶּֽן־ כֶּן־ כן כן־ כן׃ כנים לָ֝כֵ֗ן לָ֠כֵן לָ֭כֵן לָכֵ֕ן לָכֵ֖ן לָכֵ֗ן לָכֵ֛ן לָכֵ֞ן לָכֵ֡ן לָכֵ֣ן לָכֵ֤ן לָכֵ֤ן ׀ לָכֵ֥ן לָכֵן֙ לָכֵן֩ לָכֵן֮ לכן Chen cheNim kê·nîm ḵê·nîm ken kên ḵên ken- kên- ḵên- keNim kênîm ḵênîm lā·ḵên laChen lāḵên ū·ḇə·ḵên ūḇəḵên uveChen veChen velaChen wə·ḵên wə·ḵên- wə·lā·ḵên wəḵên wəḵên- wəlāḵênInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts