Strong H36513 sensesכֵּן

so · right · since

Transliteration
kên
Pronunciation
kane

The 3 senses of Strong H3651

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3651 appears in 41 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. soH3651C24 verses · 11 books
  2. rightH3651A8 verses · 4 books
  3. since[כִּי עַל] כֵּןH3651B3 verses · Numbers, Judges, Jeremiah

General definition

From H3559; properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to {manner} time and relation; often with other particles): - + after that ({this} {-ward} {-wards}) as . . . {as} + [for-] asmuch as {yet} + be (for which) {cause} + {following} {howbeit} in (the) like ({manner} {-wise}) X the {more} {right} (even) {so} {state} {straightway} such ({thing}) {surely} + there (where) {-fore} {this} {thus} {true} {well} X you.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • true5
  • cause2
  • manner2
  • thus2
  • so2
  • wherefore2
  • afterward1
  • afterwards1
  • be1
  • because1
  • broad1
  • follow1

First verses

  1. Genesis 1:7
    And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
  2. Genesis 2:24
    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
  3. Genesis 4:15
    And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
  4. Genesis 6:4
    There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
  5. Genesis 10:9
    He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
  6. Genesis 15:14
    And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
  7. Genesis 23:19
    And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
  8. Genesis 41:31
    And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
  9. Genesis 42:11
    We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
  10. Genesis 42:19
    If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
  11. Genesis 42:25
    Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
  12. Genesis 42:31
    And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
  13. Genesis 42:33
    And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
  14. Genesis 42:34
    And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
  15. Genesis 44:10
    And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
  16. Exodus 1:12
    But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
  17. Exodus 6:6
    Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
  18. Exodus 7:11
    Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
  19. Exodus 10:14
    And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
  20. Exodus 10:29
    And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.