כֵּן

Strong’s 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)

Etymology & Derivation

from H3559 (כּוּן);

KJV Usage

[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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(adv) so, therefore, thus
• 2.thus, so
• 3.right, just, honest
• 4.correct
• 5.just so
• 6.therefore
• 7.true, veritable
• 8.(adj) right, just, honest, true, veritable
• 9.true!, right!, correct! (in assent)
• 10.so...as (paired with adv)
• 11.then
• 12.forasmuch as (in phrase)
• 13.(with prep)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: kên; Pronunciation: kane