Lexicon
כֵּן
ken
H3651C
H:Conj Hebrew

so

738
Occurrences
35
Books
Hebrew
Language

ken is a Hebrew particle that points back to a stated matter, marking its result, repetition, comparison, or corresponding action.

The supplied verses show ken referring back to what has been said or done: it can introduce a resulting statement, indicate that an action is done in the stated way, or mark correspondence between two actions or descriptions.

Senses in use

  1. Particle linking a statement to what precedes · dominant

    The supplied forms are tagged either Particle · Demonstrative or Adverb and repeatedly point back to a preceding statement or action. In 1 Kings 14:4 the APB narrates that Jeroboam’s wife acted in the stated manner; in 1 Kings 6:26 it extends the first cherub’s height to the second; and in 1 Kings 9:9 it introduces the outcome following Israel’s actions.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the backward-pointing connection with expressions such as “therefore,” “so,” “thus,” “likewise,” and “the same way,” while some instances are absorbed into the flow of the translation. These are verse-level presentations rather than fixed renderings of the particle.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture