TBESH · H3651A
כֵּן · ken · right
adv adj 1) right, just, honest, true, veritable 1a) right, just, honest 1b) correct 1c) true, veritable
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ken H3651
כֵּן (ken) means “right” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
כֵּן Hebrew · H3651 771 tagged occurrences in 737 verses
Pronunciation guide: kane Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H3651B
[כִּי עַל] כֵּן · [ki al] ken · as
adv forasmuch as, since
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TBESH · H3651C
כֵּן · ken · so
adv 1) so, therefore, thus 1a) thus, so 1b) just so 1c) therefore 1d) so...as (paired with adv) 1e) then 1f) forasmuch as (in phrase) 1g) (with prep) 1g1) therefore, this being so (specific) 1g2) hitherto 1g3) therefore, on this ground (general) 1g4) afterwards 1g5) in such case Aramaic equivalent: ken (כֵּן "thus" H3652)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H3559 (כּוּן); 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)
KJV glosses: [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
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How translators render H3651
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| therefore | 159 |
| so | 107 |
| this | 23 |
| the same | 12 |
| that | 10 |
| in this way | 8 |
| this is what | 6 |
| vvv | 6 |
| likewise | 5 |
| and | 4 |
| and so | 4 |
| like this | 4 |
| as instructed | 3 |
| honest men | 3 |
| it | 3 |
| such | 3 |
| such is | 3 |
| that is what | 3 |
| then | 3 |
| very well | 3 |
| yes | 3 |
| accordingly | 2 |
| and the same | 2 |
| are honest | 2 |
| as | 2 |
| correctly | 2 |
| for | 2 |
| in the same way | 2 |
| nevertheless | 2 |
| right | 2 |
| so also | 2 |
| the same thing | 2 |
| the same things | 2 |
| truly | 2 |
| what is right | 2 |
| yet | 2 |
| a thing | 1 |
| after that | 1 |
| afterward | 1 |
| also | 1 |
| and a similar | 1 |
| and as | 1 |
| and likewise | 1 |
| and so it is | 1 |
| and that | 1 |
| and that is how | 1 |
| and that is what | 1 |
| and they did the same | 1 |
| and this went on | 1 |
| and to this | 1 |
| as a result | 1 |
| as he suggested | 1 |
| as i do | 1 |
| as proposed | 1 |
| as they were told | 1 |
| as you do | 1 |
| because of all this | 1 |
| before had such | 1 |
| counting the cost | 1 |
| customary | 1 |
| enough women | 1 |
| especially | 1 |
| for the earth | 1 |
| genuine | 1 |
| is | 1 |
| is true | 1 |
| it correctly | 1 |
| it is just as | 1 |
| it is so | 1 |
| it must be so | 1 |
| it so | 1 |
| just like | 1 |
| just that | 1 |
| not so | 1 |
| precisely as | 1 |
| so are | 1 |
| so i have made | 1 |
| so it is | 1 |
| so this is what | 1 |
| so too | 1 |
| such a scheme | 1 |
| surely | 1 |
| that this | 1 |
| that this be done | 1 |
| that this is what | 1 |
| that way | 1 |
| the case | 1 |
| the farther | 1 |
| the price | 1 |
| the same to them | 1 |
| the same way | 1 |
| the saying | 1 |
| then on | 1 |
| then too | 1 |
| this is how | 1 |
| this is true | 1 |
| this is why | 1 |
| this message | 1 |
| this reason | 1 |
| this was true | 1 |
| this way | 1 |
| thus | 1 |
| to do so | 1 |
| what | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| true | 5 |
| for which cause | 2 |
| in like manner | 2 |
| wherefore | 2 |
| afterwards | 1 |
| and afterward | 1 |
| and it was so | 1 |
| and so | 1 |
| and thus | 1 |
| as broad as | 1 |
| following | 1 |
| for because | 1 |
| for this | 1 |
| for thus | 1 |
| he with whom it is found | 1 |
| howbeit | 1 |
| likewise | 1 |
| likewise and so | 1 |
| me for no such thing ought | 1 |
| neither had i as yet | 1 |
| right | 1 |
| surely | 1 |
| that | 1 |
| the state | 1 |
| them the more | 1 |
| them there were no such | 1 |
| there was not the like | 1 |
| therefore | 1 |
| this | 1 |
| unto him therefore | 1 |
| upon all | 1 |
| us not i pray thee forasmuch as thou knowest | 1 |
| well | 1 |
| ye shall straightway | 1 |
| you | 1 |
Verses containing H3651
Page 1 of 15. 737 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 1:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
Read word by word - Genesis 1:30
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And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
Read word by word - Genesis 2:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read word by word - Genesis 4:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
Read word by word - Genesis 6:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
Read word by word - Genesis 6:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
Read word by word - Genesis 10:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Read word by word - Genesis 11:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Read word by word - Genesis 15:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
Read word by word - Genesis 16:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
Read word by word - Genesis 18:5
· BSB · 2 occurrences
And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
Read word by word - Genesis 20:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Read word by word - Genesis 21:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.
Read word by word - Genesis 23:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Read word by word - Genesis 25:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,
Read word by word - Genesis 25:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
Read word by word - Genesis 25:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
Read word by word - Genesis 26:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.
Read word by word - Genesis 29:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
Read word by word - Genesis 29:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Read word by word - Genesis 29:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
Read word by word - Genesis 29:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
Read word by word - Genesis 30:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
Read word by word - Genesis 30:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
Read word by word - Genesis 31:48
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
Read word by word - Genesis 32:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.21
- Genesis 32:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.33
- Genesis 33:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
Read word by word - Genesis 33:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
Read word by word - Genesis 34:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
Read word by word - Genesis 38:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
Read word by word - Genesis 41:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
Read word by word - Genesis 41:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
Read word by word - Genesis 42:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
Read word by word - Genesis 42:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.
Read word by word - Genesis 42:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
Read word by word - Genesis 42:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
Read word by word - Genesis 42:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
Read word by word - Genesis 42:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
Read word by word - Genesis 42:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
Read word by word - Genesis 42:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
Read word by word - Genesis 43:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
Read word by word - Genesis 44:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
Read word by word - Genesis 45:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph kissed each of his brothers as he wept over them. And afterward his brothers talked with him.
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