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 5 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.
- Judges 8:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
Read word by word - Judges 10:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Read word by word - Judges 11:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
Read word by word - Judges 11:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
Read word by word - Judges 12:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
Read word by word - Judges 14:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
Read word by word - Judges 15:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.
Read word by word - Judges 15:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
Read word by word - Judges 16:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Read word by word - Judges 18:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. That is why the place west of Kiriath-jearim is called Mahaneh-dan to this day.
Read word by word - Judges 21:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
Read word by word - Judges 21:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 1:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 2:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 3:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 5:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 5:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 6:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 8:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 9:13
· BSB · 2 occurrences
As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 10:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 10:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 15:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 20:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 24:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.6
- 1 Samuel 24:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.9
- 1 Samuel 25:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 26:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 27:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 28:2
· BSB · 2 occurrences
David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 28:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 30:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 2:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 3:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 3:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 5:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 5:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 5:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 7:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 7:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 7:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 8:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 9:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 10:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 12:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 13:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 13:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
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