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Lexicon :: Strong's H3654 - kēn

Aa
כֵּן
Transliteration
kēn
Pronunciation
kane
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From כָּנַן (H3661) in the sense of fastening
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 999a

Strong’s Definitions

כֵּן kên, kane; from H3661 in the sense of fastening; (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irregular in Exodus 8:17,18; Hebrews 13:14)) a gnat:—lice, × manner.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H3654 in the following manner: lice (6x), manner (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H3654 in the following manner: lice (6x), manner (1x).
  1. gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֵּן kên, kane; from H3661 in the sense of fastening; (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irregular in Exodus 8:17,18; Hebrews 13:14)) a gnat:—lice, × manner.
STRONGS H3654: Abbreviations
† IV. כֵּן (?), כִּנִּם, כִּנָּם noun [masculine], meaning dubious; either gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm (so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate PhiloVita Mos. i, p. 97, OrigenHom. 4, 6 in Ex., and most moderns), or [louse,] lice (so Syriac Version Targum JosAnt. ii. 14. 13 BochHieroz. II, ii, 572 f., as Late Hebrew כִּנָּה, plural כִּנִּים = maggots, and especially lice) — absolute perhaps כֵּן Isaiah 51:6 (see below); plural כִּנִּים Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Psalm 105:31, כִּנִּם Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14 has, also, כִּנָּם probably a mere Masoretic device for כִּנִּם (compare Di), on account of preceding וַתְּהִי (on which see Ges§ 145. 4 DaSynt. § 116); Samaritan has כנים throughout: — of Egyptian plague Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 8:14 (twice in verse) (all P), hence Psalm 105:31; כְּמוֺכֵֿן יְמוּתוּן Isaiah 51:6 like a gnatswarm (?) shall they die (compare Di Du; Weir Che read כנים, compare Buhlp. 355; > Brd De like this).
Note.
— NöM 54 BaNB § 15, ES 53 BuhlGes HWB ed. 12 connect this word etymologically with Aramaic כלמתא vermin, Ba and Buhl also with Assyrian kalmatu, id. [DlHWB 333], and even with Aramaic קלמתא, bdb048801, Arabic bdb048802, etc., Ethiopic bdb048803louse; but these connections, as well as that with Late Hebrew כְּנִימָה, all involving radical מ, are most improbable
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

8:12; 8:12; 8:13; 8:13; 8:13; 8:14; 8:14; 8:14

Psalms

105:31; 105:31

Isaiah

51:6; 51:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3654 matches the Hebrew כֵּן (kēn),
which occurs 7 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 -

Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Say H559 to Aaron H175, ‘Extend H5186 your staff H4294 and strike H5221 the dust H6083 of the earth H776, so that it may turn H1961 into [fn]gnats H3654 through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - They did H6213 so H3651; and Aaron H175 extended H5186 his hand H3027 with his staff H4294 and struck H5221 the dust H6083 of the earth H776, and there were [fn]gnats H3654 on every [fn]person H120 and animal H929. All H3605 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 turned H1961 into [fn]gnats H3654 through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - The soothsayer H2748 priests H2748 tried H6213 with their secret H3909 arts H3909 to produce H3318 [fn]gnats H3654, but they could H3201 not; so there were [fn]gnats H3654 on every person H120 and animal H929.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31 -

He spoke H559, and a swarm H6157 of H6157 flies H6157

And gnats H3654 invaded H935 all H3605 their territory H1366.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 -

“Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 to the sky H8064,

Then look H5027 to the earth H776 beneath H4480 H8478;

For the sky H8064 will vanish H4414 like smoke H6227,

And the earth H776 will wear H1086 out H1086 like a garment H899

And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in the same H3644 way H3651.

But My salvation H3444 will be forever H5769,

And My righteousness H6666 will not fail H2865.

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