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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - Then Jacob H3290 awoke H3364 from his sleep H8142 and said H559, “The LORD H3068 is certainly H403 in this H2088 place H4725, and I did not know H3045 it!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:14 - But he said H559, “Who H4310 made H7760 you a [fn]ruler H8269 and a judge H8199 over H5921 us? Do you [fn]intend H559 to kill H2026 me as you killed H2026 the Egyptian H4713?” Then Moses H4872 was H3372 afraid H3372 and said H559, “Surely H403 the matter H1697 has become known H3045!”

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Then Samuel H8050 said H559, “Bring H5066 me Agag H90, the king H4428 of the Amalekites H6002.” And Agag H90 came H1980 to him [fn]cheerfully H4575. And Agag H90 said H559, “Surely H403 the bitterness H4751 of death H4194 is gone H5493!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - from the nations H1471 of which H834 the LORD H3068 had said H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, “You shall not [fn]associate H935 with them, nor H3808 shall they [fn]associate H935 with you; they will certainly H403 turn H5186 your heart H3824 away H5186 [fn]to follow H310 their gods H430.” Solomon H8010 clung H1692 to these H1992 in love H157.

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“But it is a spirit H7307 that is in mankind H582,

And the breath H5397 of the Almighty H7706 gives H995 them understanding H995.

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As for me, I said H559 in my alarm H2648,

“I am cut H1629 off H1629 from Your eyes H5869”;

Nevertheless H403 You heard H8085 the sound H6963 of my pleadings H8469

When I called H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768.

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But God H430 has heard H8085;

He has given H7181 attention H7181 to the sound H6963 of my prayer H8605.

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“Nevertheless H403 you will die H4191 like men H120,

And fall H5307 like one H259 of the princes H8269.”

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The grass H2682 withers H3001, the flower H6731 fades H5034,

[fn]When H3588 the breath H7307 of the LORD H3068 blows H5380 upon it;

The people H5971 are indeed H403 grass H2682!

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Truly H403, You are a God H410 who hides H5641 Himself,

God H430 of Israel H3478, Savior H3467!

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But I said H559, “I have labored H3021 in vain H7385,

I have spent H3615 My strength H3581 for nothing H8414 and futility H1892;

Nevertheless H403, the justice H4941 due to Me is with the LORD H3068,

And My reward H6468 is with My God H430.”

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However H403, it was our sicknesses H2483 that He Himself H1931 bore H5375,

And our pains H4341 that He carried H5445;

Yet we ourselves H587 assumed H2803 that He had been afflicted H5060,

Struck H5221 down H5221 by God H430, and humiliated H6031.

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“However H403, as a woman H802 treacherously H898 leaves H898 H4480 her lover H7453,

So H3651 you have dealt H898 treacherously H898 with Me,

House H1004 of Israel H3478,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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“Certainly H403 the hills H1389 are a deception H8267,

[fn]Commotion H1995 on the mountains H2022.

Certainly H403 in the LORD H3068 our God H430

Is the salvation H8668 of Israel H3478.

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Then I said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068! Surely H403 You have utterly H5378 deceived H5378 this H2088 people H5971 and Jerusalem H3389, saying H559, ‘You will have H1961 peace H7965’; yet a sword H2719 touches H5060 the [fn]throat H5315.”

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“How H351 can you say H559, ‘We are wise H2450,

And the Law H8451 of the LORD H3068 is with us’?

But behold H2009, the lying H8267 pen H5842 of the scribes H5608

Has made H6213 it into a lie H8267.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:7

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“I said H559, ‘You will certainly H389 revere H3372 Me,

You will accept H3947 discipline H4148.’

So her dwelling H4583 will not be eliminated H3772

In accordance with everything H3605 that I have stipulated H6485 for her.

Instead, they were H7925 eager H7925 to corrupt H7843 all H3605 their deeds H5949.

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