Word Study · Strong's H3660 · Hebrew
כְּנֵמָא
kenema
ken-ay-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: kᵉnêmâʼ
“so or thus”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
so or thus
Rendered in the KJV as
so, (in) this manner (sort), thus.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- כְּנֵ֖מָא3
- וּכְנֵ֥מָא1
- כְּנֵֽמָא׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- as follows3
- accordingly1
- and as follows1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- adverb4
- conjunction (“and”) + adverb1
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- AD · 4
- AC/D · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Ezra5 occurrences
- Ezra 4:8כְּנֵֽמָא׃kenema'adverbRehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:here: as follows
- Ezra 5:4כְּנֵ֖מָאkenema'adverbThey also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”here: as follows
- Ezra 5:9כְּנֵ֖מָאkenema'adverbSo we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”here: as follows
- Ezra 5:11וּכְנֵ֥מָאukhenema'conjunction (“and”) + adverbAnd this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.here: and as follows
- Ezra 6:13כְּנֵ֖מָאkenema'adverbIn response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.here: accordingly