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Word Study · Strong's H389 · Hebrew

אַךְ

ak

ak

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼak

a particle of affirmation, surely

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

Rendered in the KJV as

also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).

  • 161
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 18
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 161 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 18

  • אַךְ־53
  • אַ֣ךְ33
  • אַ֥ךְ12
  • אַ֚ךְ11
  • אַ֛ךְ9
  • אַ֤ךְ8
  • אַ֗ךְ7
  • אַ֣ךְ׀7
  • אַ֖ךְ4
  • אַךְ֩4
  • אַ֤ךְ׀3
  • אַ֡ךְ2

and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 9

  • only70
  • surely50
  • nevertheless34
  • [is] only2
  • [are] only1
  • and nevertheless1
  • and only1
  • and surely1
  • just as1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

  • adverb158
  • conjunction (“and”) + adverb3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HD · 158
  • HC/D · 3

All 161, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis14 occurrences
Exodus5 occurrences
Leviticus8 occurrences
Numbers11 occurrences
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
Joshua2 occurrences
Judges6 occurrences
1 Samuel11 occurrences
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Kings6 occurrences
2 Kings9 occurrences
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
Ezra1 occurrence
Job11 occurrences
Psalms24 occurrences
Proverbs7 occurrences
Isaiah10 occurrences
Jeremiah15 occurrences
Lamentations2 occurrences
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Hosea3 occurrences
Jonah1 occurrence
Zephaniah2 occurrences
Zechariah1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).