Strong's H3651 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כֵּן (kên)

Pronunciation: kane

Morphology: adv

Part of Speech: adv, adj

Derivation: from כּוּן (kûwn) [H3559];

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)

KJV Renderings: [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), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.

Senses

1. so, therefore, thus
1. thus, so
2. just so
3. therefore
4. so...as (paired with adv)
5. then
6. forasmuch as (in phrase)
7. (with prep)
8. therefore, this being so (specific)
9. hitherto
10. therefore, on this ground (general)
11. afterwards
12. in such case
2. right, just, honest, true, veritable
1. right, just, honest
2. correct
3. true, veritable
4. true!, right!, correct! (in assent)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.