Aramaic word · H3652

כֵּן

ken

thus

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 8 times in 8 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

thus, so, as follows

Aramaic of ken (כֵּן "so" H3651C)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 2
  1. Ezra 5:3 וְכֵן֙ and as follows

    At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

  2. Ezra 6:2 וְכֵן־ and as follows

    And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

Daniel · 6
  1. Daniel 2:24 וְכֵ֣ן and as follows

    Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”

  2. Daniel 2:25 וְכֵ֣ן and as follows

    Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”

  3. Daniel 4:14 וְכֵ֣ן and as follows

    He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

    Here: 'And thus', introducing the exact words of the decree that follow.

  4. Daniel 6:6 וְכֵן֙ and as follows

    So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

    Here: 'And this is what they said'. It introduces the courtiers' rehearsed speech word for word.

  5. Daniel 7:5 וְכֵן֙ and as follows

    Suddenly another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’

    Here: 'And thus' introduces the exact words spoken to the beast.

  6. Daniel 7:23 כֵּן֮ as follows

    This is what he said: ‘The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on the earth, different from all the other kingdoms, and it will devour the whole earth, trample it down, and crush it.

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