kên

/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)

Quick Facts

Strong's Number: H3651
Hebrew: כֵּן
Transliteration: kên
Pronunciation: /kane/
KJV Translations: 23 distinct renderings
Language: Biblical Hebrew

Definition & Etymology

Full Definition

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)

Derivation

from H3559 (כּוּן);H3559 (kûwn)

KJV Translation Breakdown

This Hebrew word is translated as the following in the King James Version:

[phrase] after that (this-ward-wards)as... as[phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet[phrase] be (for which) cause[phrase] followinghowbeitin (the) like (manner-wise)the moreright(even) sostatestraightwaysuch (thing)surely[phrase] there (where) -forethisthustruewellyou