כֵּן ken
Hebrew word for “stand” · Strong’s H3653 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
1) base, stand, pedestal, office, foot, place, estate; 1a) base, pedestal; 1b) office, place
How it is translated
Glosses given for ken in context, with how often each is used:
- base 11
- place 4
- office 2
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 11 (4), Exodus 30 (2), 1 Kings 7 (2), Genesis 40 (1), Genesis 41 (1), Exodus 31 (1), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 38 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Exodus 40 (1)
Forms
- כנו 11
- כן 3
- כנך 1
- כני 1
- וכנו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ken more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כִּיֹּר kiyyor “basin” 8
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 6
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 5
- נְחֹשֶׁת nechoshet “bronze” 4
- מִכְבָּר makhber “grate” 2
- מִסְגֶּרֶת misgeret “perimeter” 2
- עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 3
- חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 3
- מָעוֹז maoz “security” 2
- מָשַׁח mashach “to anoint” 2
- עָמַד amad “to stand” 3
- מַלְכוּת malkhut “royalty” 2
Key verses
The verses using ken that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 40:13 — Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former…
- Genesis 41:13 — And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
- Exodus 30:18 — Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and…
- Exodus 31:9 — And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,
- Exodus 38:8 — And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of…
- Leviticus 8:11 — And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
- 1 Kings 7:29 — And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen…
- Isaiah 33:23 — Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take…
- Daniel 11:7 — But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north,…
- Daniel 11:20 — Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
- Daniel 11:21 — And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom…
- Daniel 11:38 — But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.