H3654 - כֵּן (kên)

H3654 כֵּן (kên) kane

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

gnat

Strong's Definition

a gnat

Derivation: from H3661 (כָּנַן) in the sense of fastening; (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irregular in Exodus 8:17,18; Hebrews 13:14))

KJV Usage: lice, [idiom] manner.

TWOT Reference: 999a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כֵּן kên BDB Definition: 1) gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3661 in the sense of fastening Same Word by TWOT Number: 999a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (5)

8:16 8:17 8:18

105:31

51:6

Exodus 8:16

Then the LORD said to Moses, Tell... Aaron, Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:17

This they did..., and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:18

The magicians tried... to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like [gnats].... But My salvation will last forever..., and My righteousness will never fail.