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כֵּן

kên · kaneHebrew · H3651

Derivation

from H3559 (כּוּן);

Meaning

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)

In the King James Version

[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.

Translated as

true (5), therefore (2), wherefore (2), this (2), thus (2), manner (2), cause (2), so (2), that (1), more (1), such (1), well (1), likewise (1), all (1), knowest (1), right (1), because (1), straightway (1), surely (1), ought (1)

Where it appears

Found in 40 verses

Numbers
10:31, 16:11, 27:7
Deuteronomy
22:3
Judges
6:22
1 Samuel
9:13, 28:2
2 Samuel
13:12
1 Kings
10:20
2 Chronicles
32:31
Nehemiah
2:16, 6:6
Esther
4:16
Proverbs
28:2
Ecclesiastes
8:10
Jeremiah
38:4
Ezekiel
42:11
Amos
4:5
Zechariah
11:7

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