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 3 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.
- Psalms 49:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.16
- Psalms 58:11
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 58.12
- Psalms 62:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.2
- Psalms 62:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.3
- Psalms 62:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.5
- Psalms 62:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.6
- Psalms 62:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.7
- Psalms 62:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 62.10
- Psalms 68:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.7
- Psalms 68:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 68.22
- Psalms 73:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
Read word by word - Psalms 73:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Read word by word - Psalms 73:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Read word by word - Psalms 75:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 75.9
- Psalms 85:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 85.10
- Psalms 139:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Read word by word - Psalms 140:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 140.14
- Proverbs 11:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
Read word by word - Proverbs 11:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
Read word by word - Proverbs 14:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Read word by word - Proverbs 17:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Read word by word - Proverbs 21:5
· BSB · 2 occurrences
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Read word by word - Proverbs 22:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
Read word by word - Isaiah 16:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.
Read word by word - Isaiah 19:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
Read word by word - Isaiah 34:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
Read word by word - Isaiah 34:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
Read word by word - Isaiah 36:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
Read word by word - Isaiah 63:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 2:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 3:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 5:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 5:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 10:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 10:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 12:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 16:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 26:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 26:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 28:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 30:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 32:30
· BSB · 2 occurrences
For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 34:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
Read word by word - Lamentations 2:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
Read word by word - Lamentations 3:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 46:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
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