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Lexicon :: Strong's H3654 - kēn

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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
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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

H3654

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Say H559 to Aaron, H175 ‘Stretch H5186 out your staff H4294 and strike H5221 the dust H6083 of the earth, H776 that it may become H1961 [fn]gnats H3654 through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt.’” H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - They did H6213 so; H3651 and Aaron H175 stretched H5186 out his hand H3027 with his staff, H4294 and struck H5221 the dust H6083 of the earth, H776 and there were [fn]gnats H3654 on man H120 and beast. H929 All H3605 the dust H6083 of the earth H776 became H1961 [fn]gnats H3654 through all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - The [fn]magicians H2748 tried H6213 with their secret H3909 arts H3909 to bring H3318 forth H3318 [fn]gnats, H3654 but they could H3201 not; so there were [fn]gnats H3654 on man H120 and beast. H929

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31 - He spoke, H559 and there came H935 a swarm H6157 of flies H6157
And gnats H3654 in all H3605 their territory. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:6 - “Lift H5375 up 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 like a garment H899
And its inhabitants H3427 will die H4191 [fn]in like H3644 manner; H3654
But My salvation H3444 will be forever, H5769
And My righteousness H6666 will not [fn]wane. H2865
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