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Lexicon :: Strong's H389 - 'aḵ

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אַךְ
Transliteration
'aḵ
Pronunciation
ak
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 84

Strong’s Definitions

אַךְ ʼak, ak; akin to H403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only:—also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H389 in the following manner: also, but, certainly, even, howbeit, least, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, scarce, surely, surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H389 in the following manner: also, but, certainly, even, howbeit, least, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, scarce, surely, surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet.

  1. indeed, surely (emphatic)

  2. howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַךְ ʼak, ak; akin to H403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only:—also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).
STRONGS H389: Abbreviations
אַךְ 159 adverb (perhaps from the same demonstrative, root found also in כִּי, כֹּה, כֵּן).
1. surely.
2. with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows:
a. in contrast to what precedes, howbeit;
b. in contrast with other ideas generally, only.
1. asseverative, often introducing with emphasis the expression of a truth (or supposed truth) newly perceived, especially in colloquial language, surely, no doubt (doch wohl); Genesis 26:9 אַךְ הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ הִוא of a surety, lo, she is thy wife ! Genesis 29:14; Genesis 44:28; Judges 3:24; Judges 20:39; 1 Samuel 16:6 surely the anointed of י׳ is before him ! 1 Samuel 25:21; Jeremiah 5:4; Psalm 58:12; Psalm 73:1; Psalm 73:13; but also in other cases, though rarely, Isaiah 34:14, 15; Zephaniah 3:7; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 139:11; Psalm 140:14; Job 16:7; Job 18:21; & rather singularly Exodus 12:15; Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 23:27, 39 (all P).
2. restrictive:
a. in contrast to what precedes, howbeit, yet, but : Genesis 9:4 howbeit, flesh with the life thereof... ye shall not eat, Genesis 20:12; Exodus 21:21; Leviticus 21:23; Leviticus 27:26; Numbers 18:15, 17; 2 Samuel 3:13; Jeremiah 10:24 correct me, בְּמִשְׁפָּט אַךְ but with judgment, Job 2:6; Job 13:15; sometimes with an adversative force, as Isaiah 14:15; Isaiah 43:24; before an imperative (minimizing the request), Genesis 23:13 only, if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me ! Genesis 27:13; Judges 10:15; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Kings 17:13 and elsewhere So 1 Samuel 8:9 אַךְ כִּי (see כִּי; and compare πλὴν ὅτι).
b. in contrast to other ideas generally : —
(α) Genesis 7:23; Genesis 18:32 אַךְ הַפַּעַם only this once (so Exodus 10:17 and elsewhere) Exodus 34:15; Exodus 12:16 (note accents), 1 Samuel 18:8 וְעוֺד לוֺ אַךְ תַמְּלוּכָה and there yet remains for him only the kingdom, 1 Samuel 21:5; Isaiah 45:14 אַךָ בְּךָ אֵל only in thee is God! Psalm 62:2 etc. Job 14:22; Psalm 37:8 fret not thyself אַךְ לְהָרֵעַ (which leadeth) only to do evil, Proverbs 11:24 he that withholdeth more than is meet אַךְ לְמַחְסוֺר (tendeth) only to penury, Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 22:16;
(β) attaching itself closely to the following word (usually an adjective, rarely a verb), only, i.e. exclusively, altogether, utterly Deuteronomy 16:15 and thou shalt be אַךְ שָׂמֵחַ altogether rejoicing, Deuteronomy 28:29 (compare Deuteronomy 28:33 רַק) Isaiah 16:7 אַךְ נְכָאִים utterly stricken, Isaiah 19:11; Jeremiah 16:19 nought but lies, Jeremiah 32:30; Hosea 12:12; Job 19:13 אַךְ זָרוּ are wholly estranged (with play on אַכְזָר cruel).
c. as an adverb of time (with infinitive absolute), twice: Genesis 27:30 בָּא וְעֵשָׂו⬩⬩⬩יַצֲקֹב יָצָא יָצא אַךְ only just (or scarcely) had Jacob gone out,... and (= when) Esau came in, Judges 7:19. — וְאַח thrice : Genesis 9:5 and only (second limitation of Genesis 9:3); Numbers 22:20 but only; Joshua 22:19 but howbeit.
Note. — In some passages the affirmative and restrictive senses agree equally with the context; and authorities read the Hebrew differently. Thus only = nought but, altogether, is adopted by Ges Ew Hi De in Psalm 23:6; Psalm 62:10; Psalm 73:1; Psalm 73:13; by Ew Hi De in Psalm 39:6; Psalm 39:7 (Che surely); by Ges Ew De in Psalm 39:12 (but Hi Che surely); by Ew Hi in Psalm 73:18 (De Che surely); by Ges Hi De in Psalm 139:11 (Ew doch). Isaiah 45:14 Ges Ew Hi Di only; but De Che of a truth.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:23; 9:3; 9:4; 9:5; 18:32; 20:12; 23:13; 26:9; 27:13; 27:30; 29:14; 44:28

Exodus

10:17; 12:15; 12:16; 21:21; 31:13; 34:15

Leviticus

21:23; 23:27; 23:39; 27:26

Numbers

18:15; 18:17; 22:20

Deuteronomy

16:15; 28:29; 28:33

Joshua

22:19

Judges

3:24; 7:19; 10:15; 20:39

1 Samuel

8:9; 16:6; 18:8; 18:17; 21:5; 25:21

2 Samuel

3:13

1 Kings

17:13

Job

2:6; 13:15; 14:22; 16:7; 18:21; 19:13

Psalms

23:6; 23:6; 37:8; 39:6; 39:7; 39:12; 62:2; 62:10; 73:1; 73:1; 73:13; 73:13; 73:18; 139:11; 139:11

Proverbs

11:24; 14:23; 21:5; 22:16

Isaiah

14:15; 16:7; 19:11; 34:14; 34:15; 43:24; 45:14; 45:14

Jeremiah

5:4; 10:24; 16:19; 32:30

Hosea

12:12

Zephaniah

3:7

H389

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Strong's Number H389 matches the Hebrew אַךְ ('aḵ),
which occurs 161 times in 157 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 7:23–Jdg 16:28)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:4 - “But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - “Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - “But indeed she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If you will give it, please hear me. I will give you money for the field; take it from me and I will bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Quite obviously she is your wife; so how could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14 - And Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh.” And he stayed with him for a month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - “But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - “Only on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - “Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:28 - ‘and the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn to pieces”; and I have not seen him since.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - “Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - ‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 - ‘On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - “Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 - “Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - ‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - ‘Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - ‘Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - ‘only he shall not go near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a defect, lest he profane My sanctuaries; for I the LORD sanctify them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - ‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - ‘But the firstborn of the animals, which should be the LORD’s firstborn, no man shall dedicate; whether it is an ox or sheep, it is the LORD’s.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - ‘Nevertheless no devoted offering that a man may devote to the LORD of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted offering is most holy to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:2 - So they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - “Only do not rebel against the LORD, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the LORD is with us. Do not fear them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:3 - “They shall attend to your needs and all the needs of the tabernacle; but they shall not come near the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, lest they die—they and you also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - “Everything that first opens the womb of all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “But the firstborn of a cow, the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:55 - “But the land shall be divided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - “Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - “everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purified with the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - “This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they think best, but they may marry only within the family of their father’s tribe.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:22 - “Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - “Nevertheless, of those that chew the cud or have cloven hooves, you shall not eat, such as these: the camel, the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves; they are unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - “Seven days you shall keep a sacred feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you surely rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:20 - ‘But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - “And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - “Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - ‘Nevertheless, if the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the LORD, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, by building yourselves an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - When he had gone out, Eglon’s[fn] servants came to look, and to their surprise, the doors of the upper room were locked. So they said, “He is probably attending to his needs in the cool chamber.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 - So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15 - And the children of Israel said to the LORD, “We have sinned! Do to us whatever seems best to You; only deliver us this day, we pray.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Then Samson called to the LORD, saying, “O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray! Strengthen me, I pray, just this once, O God, that I may with one blow take vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes!”

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