Word Study · Strong's H3653 · Hebrew
כֵּן
ken
kane
Strong's 1890 spelling: kên
“a stand, i.e. pedestal or station”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a stand, i.e. pedestal or station
Rendered in the KJV as
base, estate, foot, office, place, well.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- כַּנּֽוֹ׃4
- כַּנּ֑וֹ2
- כַּנּ֖וֹ2
- וְכַנּ֥וֹ1
- כֵ֔ן1
- כֵּ֣ן1
- כֵן־1
- כַּנּ֣וֹ1
- כַּנּ֛וֹ1
- כַּנּוֹ֙1
- כַּנִּ֖י1
- כַּנֶּ֑ךָ1
How it is rendered · 8
- base its7
- place his3
- a base2
- [the] base of1
- and base of its1
- office my1
- office your1
- place its1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular11
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- adverb1
- noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 11
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HD · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 40:13כַּנֶּ֑ךָkanekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWithin three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.here: office your
- Genesis 41:13כַּנִּ֖יkaninoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnd it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”here: office my
Exodus7 occurrences
- Exodus 30:18וְכַנּ֥וֹvekhanoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,here: and base of its
- Exodus 30:28כַּנּֽוֹ׃kanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularthe altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.here: base its
- Exodus 31:9כַּנּֽוֹ׃kanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularthe altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand—here: base its
- Exodus 35:16כַּנּֽוֹ׃kanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularthe altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;here: base its
- Exodus 38:8כַּנּ֣וֹkanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNext he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.here: base its
- Exodus 39:39כַּנּֽוֹ׃kanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularthe bronze altar with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;here: base its
- Exodus 40:11כַּנּ֑וֹkanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnoint the basin and its stand and consecrate them.here: base its
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 7:29כֵּ֣ןkenadverband on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.here: a base
- 1 Kings 7:31כֵ֔ןkhennoun · masculine singularThe opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.here: a base
Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 11:7כַּנּ֑וֹkanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.here: place his
- Daniel 11:20כַּנּ֛וֹkanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIn his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.here: place his
- Daniel 11:21כַּנּוֹ֙kanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIn his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.here: place his
- Daniel 11:38כַּנּ֖וֹkanonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.here: place its
Same headword in Strong's