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kēn כֵּןAright, Bso, Cso’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kūn כּוּן ‘to establish / blow’
Roots: כון
Variants: [כִּי עַל] כֵּן, כֵּן, כֵּן

kēn adv
Aadv
adj
1) right, just, honest, true, veritable
 1a) right, just, honest
 1b) correct
 1c) true, veritable
Badv
1) forasmuch as
Cadv
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

Mentioned in Genesis 2:24, 43:11, 48:18, 50:11, 42:21, 23:19, 42:33, 6:4, 25:30, 47:22, 32:21, 1:15, 4:15, 25:26, 42:19, 42:20, 42:34, 45:15, 1:9, 42:11, 15:14, 18:5, 41:31, 19:8, 29:34, 34:7, 42:25, 32:33, 1:30, 33:10, 20:6, 42:31, 1:7, 1:11, 1:24, 6:22, 30:6, 25:22, 10:9, 29:26, 29:35, 30:15, 31:48, 38:26, 44:10, 50:3, 11:9, 29:28, 41:13, 50:12, 26:33, 16:14, 21:31, 19:22, 33:17, 45:21 Exodus 23:11, 8:13, 8:14, 13:15, 27:11, 39:32, 7:6, 7:10, 7:20, 12:28, 12:50, 11:1, 25:33, 26:4, 26:17, 26:24, 36:11, 36:22, 36:29, 37:19, 3:20, 10:14, 11:8, 14:4, 34:32, 16:29, 6:9, 7:22, 10:10, 5:8, 8:22, 22:29, 5:17, 6:6, 10:29, 25:9, 8:3, 8:20, 20:11, 1:12, 27:8, 39:42, 39:43, 40:16, 10:11, 15:23, 16:17, 7:11, 17:6 Codex Leviticus 24:20, 8:35, 16:16, 14:36, 16:26, 16:28, 24:19, 27:14, 10:13, 17:12, 4:20, 27:12 Numbers 2:34, 27:7, 2:17, 4:15, 8:15, 8:22, 9:17, 8:3, 8:20, 16:11, 18:28, 20:12, 15:14, 14:28, 9:14, 14:43, 10:31, 5:4, 32:31, 32:23, 12:7, 18:24, 21:14, 21:27, 25:12, 36:5, 9:5, 9:16, 1:54, 6:21, 8:4, 17:26, 36:10, 13:33, 15:20 Deuteronomy 21:13, 8:20, 22:3, 28:63, 15:11, 7:19, 15:17, 10:9, 12:30, 12:22, 22:26, 18:14, 3:21, 20:15, 4:5, 5:15, 12:4, 12:31, 15:15, 24:18, 19:7, 24:22 Joshua 4:8, 7:26, 23:15, 10:1, 8:34, 10:26, 14:14, 2:4, 1:17, 5:15, 10:23, 21:42, 2:21, 14:5, 10:39, 11:15, 9:26 Judges 2:17, 14:10, 5:31, 6:22, 1:7, 16:4, 12:6, 18:12, 10:13, 15:11, 6:20, 6:40, 7:17, 11:8, 11:10, 21:23, 15:19, 8:7, 21:14, 6:38, 5:15 1 Samuel 2:30, 10:12, 23:17, 15:33, 24:9, 25:25, 20:29, 30:23, 9:13, 10:5, 23:28, 24:6, 8:8, 6:10, 27:6, 28:2, 1:7, 5:7, 3:14, 19:24, 28:18, 5:5, 26:24 2 Samuel 16:19, 21:14, 13:1, 15:1, 16:23, 18:14, 20:18, 3:9, 3:28, 9:11, 14:17, 7:22, 21:18, 7:27, 13:12, 2:1, 8:1, 10:1, 13:18, 24:10, 5:20, 20:21, 23:5, 5:8, 7:17, 13:35, 16:10, 5:25, 12:31, 22:50 1 Kings 9:9, 2:7, 1:36, 1:37, 2:38, 20:23, 6:26, 7:18, 22:8, 14:4, 1:30, 14:10, 20:40, 13:9, 11:8, 10:12, 20:25, 22:12, 22:19, 22:22, 10:20, 10:29, 12:32, 6:33 2 Kings 22:20, 7:9, 16:11, 21:12, 6:24, 1:6, 1:16, 2:10, 18:21, 15:12, 19:32, 17:9, 1:4, 7:20 Isaiah 26:14, 29:14, 1:24, 27:9, 28:16, 5:24, 29:22, 10:16, 52:14, 7:14, 8:7, 9:16, 10:24, 38:14, 50:7, 61:11, 65:13, 22:4, 27:11, 59:9, 24:15, 33:23, 21:3, 1:26, 47:15, 28:14, 36:6, 66:13, 16:7, 24:6, 29:8, 65:8, 31:4, 37:33, 51:6, 55:11, 17:10, 30:18, 10:11, 15:4, 16:9, 14:24, 20:2, 30:12, 30:16, 57:10, 13:7, 52:6, 66:22, 5:25, 13:13, 38:13, 54:9, 55:9, 61:7, 20:4, 30:13, 52:15, 53:12, 16:6, 63:14, 5:13, 5:14, 10:7, 25:3, 31:5, 30:7, 26:17, 16:11, 51:21, 15:7 Jeremiah 6:21, 23:39, 34:5, 31:28, 48:36, 23:10, 22:18, 7:20, 49:20, 28:16, 44:26, 5:31, 14:10, 31:3, 2:33, 13:11, 34:17, 16:16, 21:7, 34:11, 46:26, 49:6, 8:10, 50:39, 9:6, 7:32, 8:6, 38:4, 11:21, 18:21, 23:30, 29:32, 35:19, 48:31, 49:26, 50:30, 5:14, 9:14, 23:15, 24:8, 29:28, 30:16, 3:20, 39:12, 5:19, 11:11, 15:19, 23:38, 28:6, 32:36, 32:42, 35:17, 38:12, 42:5, 42:20, 48:11, 49:2, 50:18, 50:45, 42:18, 18:13, 24:5, 23:2, 42:15, 44:11, 5:2, 19:6, 31:20, 6:15, 8:12, 11:22, 14:15, 16:14, 23:7, 25:8, 32:28, 36:30, 51:36, 48:30, 51:52, 23:12, 5:6, 12:8, 51:7, 51:47, 6:18, 33:22, 44:23, 10:21, 16:21, 19:12, 2:9, 20:11, 18:6, 48:12, 6:7, 2:26, 5:27 Ezekiel 5:10, 20:27, 20:30, 20:36, 25:7, 25:16, 13:13, 11:4, 21:17, 25:13, 29:8, 33:10, 36:14, 36:38, 38:14, 35:15, 36:5, 11:17, 36:6, 37:12, 5:7, 5:8, 5:11, 11:7, 11:16, 12:23, 12:28, 13:8, 13:20, 14:4, 14:6, 15:6, 17:19, 18:30, 21:29, 22:19, 23:22, 23:35, 24:6, 24:9, 26:3, 28:6, 29:19, 30:22, 31:10, 33:25, 34:20, 35:6, 35:11, 36:3, 36:4, 36:7, 36:22, 39:25, 44:12, 16:37, 23:9, 23:44, 40:16, 42:6, 45:20, 25:4, 11:5, 21:9, 22:20, 29:10, 12:11, 13:23, 22:22, 31:5, 42:11, 22:4, 25:9, 1:28, 12:7, 34:12, 34:7, 28:7, 41:7, 7:20, 16:35, 34:9 Hosea 4:3, 6:5, 4:13, 2:16, 13:3, 2:8, 2:11, 11:2, 4:7, 13:6 Joel 3:1, 2:4 Amos 5:16, 3:2, 7:17, 3:11, 4:5, 3:12, 5:14, 4:12, 5:11, 6:7, 5:13 Jonah 4:2 Micah 5:2, 1:14, 2:3, 3:6, 3:12, 2:5 Nahum 1:12 Habakkuk 1:15, 1:4, 1:16, 1:17 Zephaniah 3:8, 2:9 Haggai 2:14, 1:10 Zechariah 1:6, 10:2, 11:7, 8:13, 8:15, 1:16, 7:13, 14:15, 11:11 Psalms 123:2, 45:3, 45:8, 119:119, 119:127, 127:2, 42:2, 103:15, 42:7, 48:9, 48:11, 65:10, 1:4, 16:9, 78:21, 119:104, 119:128, 46:3, 48:6, 83:16, 90:12, 147:20, 127:4, 63:5, 128:4, 73:6, 18:50, 45:18, 25:8, 110:7, 73:10, 61:9, 63:3, 1:5, 119:129 Proverbs 26:8, 27:19, 28:2, 30:20, 24:14, 6:15, 24:29, 26:19, 27:8, 23:7, 6:29, 1:19, 26:2, 15:7, 11:19, 10:26, 7:15, 26:1 Job 8:13, 9:22, 3:1, 34:27, 20:21, 34:10, 9:2, 32:6, 32:10, 37:24, 9:35, 42:6, 5:27, 22:10, 23:15, 42:3, 6:3, 34:25, 7:9, 20:2, 7:3, 17:4 Song of Songs 1:3, 2:2, 2:3 Lamentations 1:8, 3:21, 3:24 Ecclesiastes 3:19, 8:11, 5:1, 8:10, 5:15, 7:6 Esther 4:16, 9:26, 9:19, 2:12, 7:5, 1:8, 6:10, 1:13, 9:14, 2:4, 3:2 Ezra 10:16, 3:5, 10:12 Nehemiah 5:15, 6:6, 5:12, 2:16, 8:17, 6:13 1 Chronicles 20:4, 17:25, 18:1, 19:1, 14:11, 17:15, 13:4, 20:3, 23:30, 11:7 2 Chronicles 7:22, 8:14, 35:12, 18:7, 20:35, 1:12, 20:1, 24:4, 32:23, 33:14, 16:7, 32:17, 32:31, 18:11, 18:18, 18:21, 9:19, 1:17, 20:26

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