Word Study · Strong's H3654 · Hebrew
כֵּן
ken
kane
Strong's 1890 spelling: kên
“a gnat”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a gnat
Rendered in the KJV as
lice, [idiom] manner.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- הַכִּנָּ֔ם2
- הַכִּנִּ֖ים1
- כֵ֣ן1
- כִנִּ֖ים1
- כִּ֝נִּ֗ים1
- לְכִנִּ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 5
- gnats2
- the gnat[s]2
- gnat[s]1
- into gnats1
- the gnats1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine plural2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus5 occurrences
- Exodus 8:16לְכִנִּ֖םlekhinimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralThen 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.’”here: into gnats
- Exodus 8:17הַכִּנָּ֔םhakinamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis 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.here: the gnat[s]
- Exodus 8:17כִנִּ֖יםkhinimnoun · masculine pluralThis 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.here: gnats
- Exodus 8:18הַכִּנִּ֖יםhakinimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThe magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.here: the gnats
- Exodus 8:18הַכִּנָּ֔םhakinamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.here: the gnat[s]
Psalms1 occurrence
Same headword in Strong's