Strong H3651H3651Aכֵּן

right

One of the 3 senses of Strong H3651

Transliteration
kên
Pronunciation
kane
Morphology
Hebrew Adverb

Definition

adv
adj
1) right, just, honest, true, veritable
1a) right, just, honest
1b) correct
1c) true, veritable

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

Strong H3651A appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • true5
  • right1
  • state1
  • well1

First verses

  1. Genesis 42:11
    We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
  2. 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:
  3. Genesis 42:31
    And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
  4. 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:
  5. 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.
  6. Exodus 10:29
    And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
  7. Numbers 27:7
    The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
  8. Proverbs 28:2
    For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
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