TBESH · H0389
אַךְ · akh · surely
1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)
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akh H389
אַךְ (akh) means “surely” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אַךְ Hebrew · H389 161 tagged occurrences in 157 verses
Pronunciation guide: ak Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
akin to H403 (אָכֵן); a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
KJV glosses: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
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How translators render H389
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 |
|---|---|
| but | 30 |
| surely | 24 |
| only | 11 |
| nevertheless | 7 |
| however | 6 |
| indeed | 6 |
| alone | 4 |
| yet | 4 |
| but only | 3 |
| above all | 2 |
| just | 2 |
| leads only | 2 |
| nothing but | 2 |
| vvv | 2 |
| although | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and only | 1 |
| and surely | 1 |
| are but | 1 |
| are mere | 1 |
| are only | 1 |
| are surely | 1 |
| as soon as | 1 |
| as surely | 1 |
| belongs only | 1 |
| but you must only | 1 |
| complete | 1 |
| even | 1 |
| had just | 1 |
| have done nothing but | 1 |
| he feels only | 1 |
| i will still | 1 |
| is indeed | 1 |
| is really | 1 |
| it can only | 1 |
| just after | 1 |
| on one | 1 |
| on those days | 1 |
| once more | 1 |
| one more time | 1 |
| provided | 1 |
| there is surely | 1 |
| they fully | 1 |
| they will surely | 1 |
| though | 1 |
| truly | 1 |
| will surely lead | 1 |
| would certainly | 1 |
| you who are utterly | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| notwithstanding | 2 |
| also | 1 |
| and surely | 1 |
| and they had but | 1 |
| behold of a surety | 1 |
| but | 1 |
| certainly | 1 |
| even | 1 |
| howbeit | 1 |
| in them save | 1 |
| nevertheless | 1 |
| not thyself in any wise | 1 |
| only | 1 |
| themselves at least | 1 |
| to him surely | 1 |
| truly | 1 |
| verily | 1 |
| was yet | 1 |
| wherefore | 1 |
| with them but yet | 1 |
| yet | 1 |
Verses containing H389
Page 1 of 4. 157 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 7:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
Read word by word - Genesis 9:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Read word by word - Genesis 9:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
Read word by word - Genesis 18:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
Read word by word - Genesis 20:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
Read word by word - Genesis 23:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
Read word by word - Genesis 26:9
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Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
Read word by word - Genesis 27:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
Read word by word - Genesis 27:30
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As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
Read word by word - Genesis 29:14
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Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
Read word by word - Genesis 34:15
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We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
Read word by word - Genesis 34:22
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But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
Read word by word - Genesis 34:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
Read word by word - Genesis 44:28
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When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
Read word by word - Exodus 10:17
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Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
Read word by word - Exodus 12:15
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For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
Read word by word - Exodus 12:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
Read word by word - Exodus 21:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
Read word by word - Exodus 31:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Read word by word - Leviticus 11:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.
Read word by word - Leviticus 11:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
Read word by word - Leviticus 11:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:39
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On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
Read word by word - Leviticus 27:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
Read word by word - Leviticus 27:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
Read word by word - Numbers 1:49
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
Read word by word - Numbers 12:2
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“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
Read word by word - Numbers 14:9
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Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
Read word by word - Numbers 18:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
Read word by word - Numbers 18:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
Read word by word - Numbers 18:17
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But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Read word by word - Numbers 22:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
Read word by word - Numbers 26:55
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
Read word by word - Numbers 31:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
Read word by word - Numbers 31:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
Read word by word - Numbers 36:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 12:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 14:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 16:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 18:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
Read word by word - Joshua 3:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
Read word by word - Joshua 22:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
Read word by word - Judges 3:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
Read word by word - Judges 6:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
Read word by word - Judges 7:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
Read word by word - Judges 10:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
Read word by word - Judges 16:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
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