Word Study · Strong's H403 · Hebrew
אָכֵן
aken
aw-kane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼâkên
“firmly”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
Rendered in the KJV as
but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- אָכֵן֙6
- אָ֭כֵן3
- אָכֵ֖ן2
- אָכֵ֥ן2
- אָכֵ֗ן1
- אָכֵ֕ן1
- אָכֵ֤ן1
- אָכֵ֛ן1
- אָכֵן֩1
How it is rendered · 2
- truly10
- nevertheless8
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- interjection18
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- HTj · 18
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis1 occurrence
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 31:22אָכֵ֗ןʾakheninterjectionIn my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.here: nevertheless
- Psalms 66:19אָ֭כֵןʾakheninterjectionBut God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.here: nevertheless
- Psalms 82:7אָ֭כֵןʾakheninterjectionBut like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”here: nevertheless
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 40:7אָכֵ֥ןʾakheninterjectionThe grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.here: truly
- Isaiah 45:15אָכֵ֕ןʾakheninterjectionTruly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.here: truly
- Isaiah 49:4אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectionBut I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”here: nevertheless
- Isaiah 53:4אָכֵ֤ןʾakheninterjectionSurely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.here: nevertheless
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 3:20אָכֵ֛ןʾakheninterjectionBut as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.here: nevertheless
- Jeremiah 3:23אָכֵ֥ןʾakheninterjectionSurely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.here: truly
- Jeremiah 3:23אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectionSurely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.here: truly
- Jeremiah 4:10אָכֵן֩ʾakheninterjectionThen I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”here: truly
- Jeremiah 8:8אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectionHow can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?here: truly