H403 - אָכֵן (ʼâkên)

H403 אָכֵן (ʼâkên) aw-kane'

Hebrew

Adv (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

surely

Strong's Definition

firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but

Derivation: from H3559 (כּוּן) (compare H3651 (כֵּן));

KJV Usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.

TWOT Reference: 86

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) surely, truly, indeed

1a) truly, indeed (strong assertive force)

1b) but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3689 G3778 G3778 G4133

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) surely, truly, indeed 1a) truly, indeed (strong assertive force) 1b) but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָכֵן âkên BDB Definition: 1) surely, truly, indeed 1a) truly, indeed (strong assertive force) 1b) but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast) Part of Speech: adverb A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3559 [compare H3651] Same Word by TWOT Number: 86 Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (17)

28:16

2:14

15:32

11:2

32:8

31:22 66:19 82:7

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

3:20 3:23 4:10 8:8

3:7

Genesis 28:16

When Jacob woke up..., he said, Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.

Exodus 2:14

But the man replied, Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was afraid and thought, This thing I have done has surely become known.

1 Samuel 15:32

Then Samuel said, Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

1 Kings 11:2

[These women were] from the nations about which the LORD had told... the Israelites..., You must not intermarry with them -, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods. Yet Solomon clung to these [women] in love.

Job 32:8

But [there is] a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers [and] the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

Isaiah 45:15

Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.