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
- Psalms 127:2 כֵּ֤ן
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- Psalms 127:4 כֵּ֝֗ן
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.
- Psalms 128:4 כֵ֭ן
In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
- Psalms 147:20 כֵ֨ן׀
He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
- Proverbs 1:19 כֵּ֗ן
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
- Proverbs 6:15 כֵּ֗ן
Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
- Proverbs 6:29 כֵּ֗ן
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- Proverbs 7:15 כֵּ֭ן
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
- Proverbs 10:26 כֵּ֥ן
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
- Proverbs 11:19 כֵּן־
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
- Proverbs 15:7 כֵֽן׃
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
- Proverbs 23:7 כֶּ֫ן־
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
- Proverbs 24:14 כֵּ֤ן׀
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
- Proverbs 24:29 כֵּ֤ן
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
- Proverbs 26:1 כֵּ֤ן
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
- Proverbs 26:2 כֵּ֥ן
Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.
- Proverbs 26:8 כֵּן־
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
- Proverbs 26:19 כֵּֽן־
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
- Proverbs 27:8 כֵּֽן־
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
- Proverbs 27:19 כֵּ֤ן
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
- Proverbs 28:2 כֵּ֣ן
A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
- Proverbs 30:20 כֵּ֤ן׀
This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
- Ecclesiastes 3:19 כֵּ֣ן
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2 כֵּ֛ן
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 כֵּ֣ן
This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
- Ecclesiastes 7:6 כֵּ֖ן
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10 וּבְכֵ֡ןכֵּן־
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 כֵּ֡ן
When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Song of Solomon 1:3 כֵּ֖ן
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
- Song of Solomon 2:2 כֵּ֥ן
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
- Song of Solomon 2:3 כֵּ֥ן
Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- Isaiah 1:24 לָכֵ֗ן
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
- Isaiah 1:26 כֵ֗ן
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
- Isaiah 5:13 לָכֵ֛ן
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
- Isaiah 5:14 לָכֵ֗ן
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
- Isaiah 5:24 לָכֵן֩
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 5:25 כֵּ֡ן
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 7:14 לָ֠כֵן
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
- Isaiah 8:7 וְלָכֵ֡ן
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
- Isaiah 9:17 כֵּ֨ן
Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- Isaiah 10:7 כֵ֣ןכֵ֣ן
But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations.
- Isaiah 10:11 כֵּ֛ן
and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
- Isaiah 10:16 לָ֠כֵן
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
- Isaiah 10:24 לָכֵ֗ן
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
- Isaiah 13:7 כֵּ֖ן
Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
- Isaiah 13:13 כֵּן֙
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
- Isaiah 14:24 כֵּ֣ן
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Isaiah 15:4 כֵּ֗ן
Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
- Isaiah 15:7 כֵּ֖ן
So they carry their wealth and belongings over the Brook of the Willows.
- Isaiah 16:6 כֵ֥ן
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.