כֵּן
ken
adv
adj
1. right, just, honest, true, veritable
a. right, just, honest
b. correct
c. true, veritable
adv
forasmuch as, since
adv
1. so, therefore, thus
a. thus, so
b. just so
c. therefore
d. so...as (paired with adv)
e. then
f. forasmuch as (in phrase)
g. (with prep)
1. therefore, this being so (specific)
2. hitherto
3. therefore, on this ground (general)
4. afterwards
5. in such case
Aramaic equivalent: ken (כֵּן "thus" H3652)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 731 verses
- Job 7:3 כֵּ֤ן
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
- Job 7:9 כֵּ֥ן
As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
- Job 8:13 כֵּ֗ן
Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
- Job 9:2 כֵ֑ן
“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
- Job 9:22 כֵּ֥ן
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
- Job 9:35 כֵ֥ן
Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
- Job 17:4 כֵּ֝֗ן
You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
- Job 20:2 לָ֭כֵן
“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
- Job 20:21 כֵּ֝֗ן
Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
- Job 22:10 כֵּ֭ן
Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;
- Job 23:15 כֵּ֭ן
Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
- Job 32:6 כֵּ֖ן
So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
- Job 32:10 לָכֵ֣ן
Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’
- Job 34:10 לָכֵ֤ן׀
Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
- Job 34:25 לָכֵ֗ן
Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
- Job 34:27 כֵּ֭ן
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
- Job 37:24 לָ֭כֵן
Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
- Job 42:3 לָכֵ֣ן
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
- Job 42:6 כֵּ֭ן
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
- Psalms 1:4 כֵ֥ן
Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.
- Psalms 1:5 כֵּ֤ן׀
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
- Psalms 16:9 לָכֵ֤ן׀
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
- Psalms 18:49 כֵּ֤ן׀
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
- Psalms 25:8 כֵּ֤ן
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- Psalms 42:1 כֵּ֤ן
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
- Psalms 42:6 כֵּ֗ן
O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
- Psalms 45:2 כֵּ֤ן
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
- Psalms 45:7 כֵּ֤ן׀
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
- Psalms 45:17 כֵּ֥ן
I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
- Psalms 46:2 כֵּ֣ן
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- Psalms 48:5 כֵּ֣ן
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
- Psalms 48:8 כֵּ֤ן
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
- Psalms 48:10 כֵּ֣ן
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Psalms 61:8 כֵּ֤ן
Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day.
- Psalms 63:2 כֵּ֭ן
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
- Psalms 63:4 כֵּ֣ן
So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
- Psalms 65:9 כֵ֥ן
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
- Psalms 73:6 לָ֭כֵן
Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
- Psalms 73:10 לָכֵ֤ן׀
So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
- Psalms 78:21 לָכֵ֤ן׀
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
- Psalms 83:15 כֵּ֭ן
so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
- Psalms 90:12 כֵּ֣ן
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
- Psalms 103:15 כֵּ֣ן
As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Psalms 110:7 כֵּ֝֗ן
He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
- Psalms 119:104 כֵּ֝֗ן
I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. NUN
- Psalms 119:119 לָ֝כֵ֗ן
All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
- Psalms 119:127 כֵּ֭ן
Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Psalms 119:128 כֵּ֤ן׀
Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way. PE
- Psalms 119:129 כֵּ֝֗ן
Wonderful are Your testimonies; therefore I obey them.
- Psalms 123:2 כֵּ֣ן
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.