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Lexicon :: Strong's H403 - 'āḵēn

Aa
אָכֵן
Transliteration
'āḵēn
Pronunciation
aw-kane'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 86

Strong’s Definitions

אָכֵן ʼâkên, aw-kane'; from H3559 (compare H3651); firmly; figuratively, surely; also (adversative) but:—but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H403 in the following manner: surely (9x), but (3x), verily (2x), truly (2x), certainly (1x), nevertheless (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H403 in the following manner: surely (9x), but (3x), verily (2x), truly (2x), certainly (1x), nevertheless (1x).

  1. surely, truly, indeed

    1. truly, indeed (strong assertive force)

    2. but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָכֵן ʼâkên, aw-kane'; from H3559 (compare H3651); firmly; figuratively, surely; also (adversative) but:—but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
STRONGS H403: Abbreviations
† אָכֵן (perhaps from אַךְ; compare Aramaic דֵּךְ & דִּכֵּן) adverb with strong asseverative force:
a. surely, truly, especially at beginning of a speech (stronger & more decided than אַךְ) Genesis 28:16; Exodus 2:14; 1 Samuel 15:32; Isaiah 40:7; Isaiah 45:15; Jeremiah 3:23 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 8:8. In 1 Kings 11:2 אָבֵן stands unusually; and מֶּן־ (compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum) should probably be read (so Klo).
b. emphasizing a contrast, but indeed, but in fact, especially after אָמַרְתִּי I said or thought, expressing the reality, in opposed to what had been wrongly imagined, Isaiah 49:4b (opposed to Isaiah 49:4b) Isaiah 53:4 (opposed to Isaiah 53:3 end) Jeremiah 3:20 (opposed to the expectation Jeremiah 3:19b) Zephaniah 3:7b Psalm 31:23b (opposed to Psalm 31:23a) Psalm 66:19; Psalm 82:7 (opposed to Psalm 82:6) Job 32:8 (opposed to Job 32:7).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:16

Exodus

2:14

1 Samuel

15:32

1 Kings

11:2

Job

32:7; 32:8

Psalms

31:23; 31:23; 66:19; 82:6; 82:7

Isaiah

40:7; 45:15; 49:4; 49:4; 53:3; 53:4

Jeremiah

3:19; 3:20; 3:23; 4:10; 8:8

Zephaniah

3:7

H403

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H403 matches the Hebrew אָכֵן ('āḵēn),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? are you going to put me to death as you did the Egyptian? And Moses was in fear, and said, It is clear that the thing has come to light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8 - But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 - And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:19 - But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:7 - But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:7 - The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:15 - Truly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:4 - But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:20 - Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 - Then said I, Ah, Lord God! your words were not true when you said to this people and to Jerusalem, You will have peace; when the sword has come even to the soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8 - How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7 - I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.
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