Hebrew word study

כֵּןkên — properly, set upright

Pronounced “kane”

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, you.

Appears 725 times in Scripture

Origin: from H3559 (כּוּן);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 54×

Genesis 1:7 Genesis 1:9 Genesis 1:11 Genesis 1:15 Genesis 1:24 Genesis 1:30 Genesis 2:24 Genesis 4:15 Genesis 6:4 Genesis 6:22 Genesis 10:9 Genesis 11:9 Genesis 15:14 Genesis 16:14 Genesis 18:5 Genesis 19:8 Genesis 19:22 Genesis 20:6 Genesis 21:31 Genesis 23:19 Genesis 25:22 Genesis 25:26 Genesis 25:30 Genesis 29:26 Genesis 29:28+ 29 more in Genesis

Exodus — 46×

Exodus 1:12 Exodus 3:20 Exodus 5:8 Exodus 5:17 Exodus 6:6 Exodus 6:9 Exodus 7:10 Exodus 7:11 Exodus 7:20 Exodus 7:22 Exodus 8:7 Exodus 8:17 Exodus 8:18 Exodus 8:24 Exodus 8:26 Exodus 10:10 Exodus 10:11 Exodus 10:14 Exodus 10:29 Exodus 11:1 Exodus 11:8 Exodus 12:50 Exodus 13:15 Exodus 14:4 Exodus 15:23+ 21 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 12×

Leviticus 4:20 Leviticus 8:35 Leviticus 10:13 Leviticus 14:36 Leviticus 16:16 Leviticus 16:26 Leviticus 16:28 Leviticus 17:12 Leviticus 24:19 Leviticus 24:20 Leviticus 27:12 Leviticus 27:14

Numbers — 35×

Numbers 1:54 Numbers 2:17 Numbers 2:34 Numbers 4:15 Numbers 5:4 Numbers 8:3 Numbers 8:4 Numbers 8:20 Numbers 8:22 Numbers 9:5 Numbers 9:14 Numbers 9:16 Numbers 9:17 Numbers 10:31 Numbers 12:7 Numbers 13:33 Numbers 14:28 Numbers 14:43 Numbers 15:14 Numbers 15:20 Numbers 16:11 Numbers 18:24 Numbers 18:28 Numbers 20:12 Numbers 21:14+ 10 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 22×

Deuteronomy 3:21 Deuteronomy 4:5 Deuteronomy 5:15 Deuteronomy 7:19 Deuteronomy 8:20 Deuteronomy 10:9 Deuteronomy 12:4 Deuteronomy 12:22 Deuteronomy 12:31 Deuteronomy 15:11 Deuteronomy 15:15 Deuteronomy 15:17 Deuteronomy 18:14 Deuteronomy 19:7 Deuteronomy 20:15 Deuteronomy 22:3 Deuteronomy 22:26 Deuteronomy 24:18 Deuteronomy 24:22 Deuteronomy 28:63+ 2 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 18×

Joshua 1:17 Joshua 2:4 Joshua 2:21 Joshua 4:8 Joshua 5:15 Joshua 7:26 Joshua 8:34 Joshua 9:26 Joshua 10:1 Joshua 10:23 Joshua 10:26 Joshua 10:39 Joshua 11:15 Joshua 14:5 Joshua 14:14 Joshua 21:42 Joshua 23:15+ 1 more in Joshua

Judges — 22×

Judges 1:7 Judges 2:17 Judges 5:15 Judges 5:31 Judges 6:20 Judges 6:22 Judges 6:38 Judges 6:40 Judges 7:17 Judges 8:7 Judges 10:13 Judges 11:8 Judges 11:10 Judges 12:6 Judges 14:10 Judges 15:11 Judges 15:19 Judges 16:4 Judges 18:12 Judges 21:14 Judges 21:23+ 1 more in Judges

1 Samuel — 23×

1 Sam 1:7 1 Sam 2:30 1 Sam 3:14 1 Sam 5:5 1 Sam 5:7 1 Sam 6:10 1 Sam 8:8 1 Sam 9:13 1 Sam 10:5 1 Sam 10:12 1 Sam 15:33 1 Sam 19:24 1 Sam 20:29 1 Sam 23:17 1 Sam 23:28 1 Sam 24:5 1 Sam 24:8 1 Sam 25:25 1 Sam 26:24 1 Sam 27:6 1 Sam 28:2 1 Sam 30:23+ 1 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 29×

2 Sam 2:1 2 Sam 3:9 2 Sam 3:28 2 Sam 5:8 2 Sam 5:20 2 Sam 5:25 2 Sam 7:17 2 Sam 7:22 2 Sam 7:27 2 Sam 8:1 2 Sam 9:11 2 Sam 10:1 2 Sam 12:31 2 Sam 13:1 2 Sam 13:12 2 Sam 13:18 2 Sam 13:35 2 Sam 14:17 2 Sam 15:1 2 Sam 16:10 2 Sam 16:19 2 Sam 16:23 2 Sam 18:14 2 Sam 20:18 2 Sam 20:21+ 4 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 22×

1 Ki 1:36 1 Ki 1:37 1 Ki 2:7 1 Ki 2:38 1 Ki 6:26 1 Ki 6:33 1 Ki 9:9 1 Ki 10:12 1 Ki 10:20 1 Ki 10:29 1 Ki 11:8 1 Ki 12:32 1 Ki 13:9 1 Ki 14:4 1 Ki 14:10 1 Ki 20:23 1 Ki 20:25 1 Ki 20:40 1 Ki 22:8 1 Ki 22:12 1 Ki 22:19 1 Ki 22:22

2 Kings — 12×

2 Ki 1:4 2 Ki 1:6 2 Ki 1:16 2 Ki 2:10 2 Ki 6:24 2 Ki 7:9 2 Ki 7:20 2 Ki 16:11 2 Ki 17:9 2 Ki 18:21 2 Ki 19:32 2 Ki 22:20

1 Chronicles — 9×

1 Chr 11:7 1 Chr 13:4 1 Chr 14:11 1 Chr 17:15 1 Chr 17:25 1 Chr 18:1 1 Chr 19:1 1 Chr 20:3 1 Chr 23:30

2 Chronicles — 17×

2 Chr 1:12 2 Chr 1:17 2 Chr 7:22 2 Chr 8:14 2 Chr 9:19 2 Chr 16:7 2 Chr 18:7 2 Chr 18:11 2 Chr 18:18 2 Chr 18:21 2 Chr 20:26 2 Chr 32:17 2 Chr 32:23 2 Chr 32:31 2 Chr 33:14 2 Chr 35:12+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 10:12 Ezra 10:16

Nehemiah — 6×

Nehemiah 2:16 Nehemiah 5:12 Nehemiah 5:15 Nehemiah 6:6 Nehemiah 6:13 Nehemiah 8:17

Esther — 12×

Esther 1:13 Esther 2:4 Esther 2:12 Esther 3:2 Esther 4:16 Esther 6:10 Esther 7:5 Esther 9:14 Esther 9:19 Esther 9:26+ 2 more in Esther

Job — 22×

Job 3:1 Job 5:27 Job 6:3 Job 7:3 Job 7:9 Job 8:13 Job 9:2 Job 9:22 Job 9:35 Job 17:4 Job 20:2 Job 20:21 Job 22:10 Job 23:15 Job 32:6 Job 32:10 Job 34:10 Job 34:25 Job 34:27 Job 37:24 Job 42:3 Job 42:6

Psalms — 35×

Psalms 1:4 Psalms 1:5 Psalms 16:9 Psalms 18:49 Psalms 25:8 Psalms 42:1 Psalms 42:6 Psalms 45:2 Psalms 45:7 Psalms 45:17 Psalms 46:2 Psalms 48:5 Psalms 48:8 Psalms 48:10 Psalms 61:8 Psalms 63:2 Psalms 63:4 Psalms 65:9 Psalms 73:6 Psalms 73:10 Psalms 78:21 Psalms 83:15 Psalms 90:12 Psalms 103:15 Psalms 110:7+ 10 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 16×

Proverbs 1:19 Proverbs 6:15 Proverbs 6:29 Proverbs 7:15 Proverbs 10:26 Proverbs 11:19 Proverbs 15:7 Proverbs 23:7 Proverbs 24:14 Proverbs 24:29 Proverbs 26:1 Proverbs 26:2 Proverbs 26:8 Proverbs 26:19 Proverbs 27:19 Proverbs 30:20

Ecclesiastes — 7×

Eccles 3:19 Eccles 5:2 Eccles 5:16 Eccles 7:6 Eccles 8:10 Eccles 8:11+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 1×

Song 1:3

Isaiah — 70×

Isaiah 1:24 Isaiah 1:26 Isaiah 5:13 Isaiah 5:14 Isaiah 5:24 Isaiah 5:25 Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 9:17 Isaiah 10:7 Isaiah 10:11 Isaiah 10:16 Isaiah 10:24 Isaiah 13:7 Isaiah 13:13 Isaiah 14:24 Isaiah 15:4 Isaiah 15:7 Isaiah 16:6 Isaiah 16:7 Isaiah 16:9 Isaiah 16:11 Isaiah 17:10 Isaiah 20:2 Isaiah 20:4 Isaiah 21:3+ 45 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 97×

Jeremiah 2:9 Jeremiah 2:26 Jeremiah 2:33 Jeremiah 3:20 Jeremiah 5:2 Jeremiah 5:6 Jeremiah 5:14 Jeremiah 5:19 Jeremiah 5:27 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 6:7 Jeremiah 6:15 Jeremiah 6:18 Jeremiah 6:21 Jeremiah 7:20 Jeremiah 7:32 Jeremiah 8:6 Jeremiah 8:10 Jeremiah 8:12 Jeremiah 9:7 Jeremiah 9:15 Jeremiah 10:21 Jeremiah 11:11 Jeremiah 11:21 Jeremiah 11:22+ 72 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 3×

Lam 1:8 Lam 3:21 Lam 3:24

Ezekiel — 81×

Ezekiel 5:7 Ezekiel 5:8 Ezekiel 5:10 Ezekiel 5:11 Ezekiel 7:20 Ezekiel 11:4 Ezekiel 11:5 Ezekiel 11:7 Ezekiel 11:16 Ezekiel 11:17 Ezekiel 12:7 Ezekiel 12:11 Ezekiel 12:23 Ezekiel 12:28 Ezekiel 13:8 Ezekiel 13:13 Ezekiel 13:20 Ezekiel 13:23 Ezekiel 14:4 Ezekiel 14:6 Ezekiel 15:6 Ezekiel 16:35 Ezekiel 16:37 Ezekiel 17:19 Ezekiel 18:30+ 56 more in Ezekiel

Hosea — 10×

Hosea 2:6 Hosea 2:9 Hosea 2:14 Hosea 4:3 Hosea 4:7 Hosea 4:13 Hosea 6:5 Hosea 11:2 Hosea 13:3 Hosea 13:6

Joel — 2×

Joel 2:4 Joel 2:28

Amos — 11×

Amos 3:2 Amos 3:11 Amos 3:12 Amos 4:5 Amos 4:12 Amos 5:11 Amos 5:13 Amos 5:14 Amos 5:16 Amos 6:7 Amos 7:17

Jonah — 1×

Jonah 4:2

Micah — 6×

Micah 1:14 Micah 2:3 Micah 2:5 Micah 3:6 Micah 3:12 Micah 5:3

Nahum — 2×

Nahum 1:12+ 1 more in Nahum

Habakkuk — 5×

Habakkuk 1:4 Habakkuk 1:15 Habakkuk 1:16 Habakkuk 1:17+ 1 more in Habakkuk

Zephaniah — 2×

Zeph 2:9 Zeph 3:8

Haggai — 4×

Haggai 1:10 Haggai 2:14+ 2 more in Haggai

Zechariah — 9×

Zech 1:6 Zech 1:16 Zech 7:13 Zech 8:13 Zech 8:15 Zech 10:2 Zech 11:7 Zech 11:11 Zech 14:15

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