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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כֵּן (ken) means “right” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kane Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כֵּן · ken · right
adv adj 1) right, just, honest, true, veritable 1a) right, just, honest 1b) correct 1c) true, veritable
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[כִּי עַל] כֵּן · [ki al] ken · as
adv forasmuch as, since
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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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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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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 |
Page 11 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.
For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
Read word by wordLike cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Read word by wordAs a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
Read word by word“For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, will endure before Me,” declares the LORD, “so your descendants and your name will endure.
Read word by wordTherefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
Read word by wordAs the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
Read word by wordHow skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Read word by wordBut as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordAlthough they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
Read word by wordTherefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
Read word by wordAnd when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
Read word by wordLike cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
Read word by wordThe prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Read word by wordAs a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Read word by wordAre they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
Read word by wordTherefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
Read word by wordSo behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
Read word by wordI have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
Read word by wordTherefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Read word by wordAre they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.6
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.14
For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
Read word by wordSo this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.
Read word by wordMy inheritance has become to Me like a lion in the forest. She has roared against Me; therefore I hate her.
Read word by wordFor just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
Read word by wordYet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
Read word by wordBut for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
Read word by word“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
Read word by word“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
Read word by wordTherefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Read word by wordSo behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
Read word by wordThis is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
Read word by wordBut the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
Read word by word‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
Read word by wordTherefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.
Read word by wordSo behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
Read word by wordFor the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.
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