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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 · 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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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.

BSB rendering counts
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
KJV rendering counts
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

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  1. Joel 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

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    Source alternate reference: 3.1

  2. Amos 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”

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  3. Amos 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

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  4. Amos 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.

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  5. Amos 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.

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  6. Amos 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!

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  7. Amos 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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  8. Amos 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

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  9. Amos 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

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  10. Amos 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

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  11. Amos 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

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  12. Amos 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

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  13. Jonah 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

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  14. Micah 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.

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  15. Micah 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

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  16. Micah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

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  17. Micah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

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  18. Micah 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

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  19. Micah 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.2

  20. Nahum 1:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.

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  21. Habakkuk 1:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

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  22. Habakkuk 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.

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  23. Habakkuk 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

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  24. Habakkuk 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?

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  25. Zephaniah 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, as surely as I live,” declares the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, “surely Moab will be like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual wasteland. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the remainder of My nation will dispossess them.”

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  26. Zephaniah 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation—all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

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  27. Haggai 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

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  28. Haggai 2:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

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  29. Zechariah 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

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  30. Zechariah 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declares the LORD of Hosts, and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

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  31. Zechariah 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.

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  32. Zechariah 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”

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  33. Zechariah 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.

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  34. Zechariah 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

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  35. Zechariah 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.

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  36. Zechariah 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

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  37. Zechariah 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.

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