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Hebrew adv · H389

אַךְ

akak

surely

161 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼak

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H389is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 18
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H389

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

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

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

ak is rendered "surely". It stands 161 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-five books.

  • Twenty-four of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 7:23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  • The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.

The first use

And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

Genesis 7:23אַךְ־

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • only73
  • surely50
  • nevertheless34
  • and nevertheless1
  • and only1
  • and surely1
  • just as1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 161, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

18 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

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

and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adverb158HD
  • conjunction (“and”) + adverb3HC/D

Genesis

fourteen uses
  • And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

    Genesis 7:23

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

    Genesis 9:4

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: nevertheless
  • And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

    Genesis 9:5

    • וְאַ֨ךְveakhconjunction (“and”) + adverbtagged: and nevertheless
  • Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”

    Genesis 18:32

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

    Genesis 20:12

    • אַ֖ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

    Genesis 23:13

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

    Genesis 26:9

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”

    Genesis 27:13

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.

    Genesis 27:30

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,

    Genesis 29:14

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

    Genesis 34:15

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

    Genesis 34:22

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

    Genesis 34:23

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.

    Genesis 44:28

    • אַ֖ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely

Exodus

five uses
  • Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

    Exodus 10:17

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

    Exodus 12:15

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.

    Exodus 12:16

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

    Exodus 21:21

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

    Exodus 31:13

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely

Leviticus

eight uses
  • But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

    Leviticus 11:4

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

    Leviticus 11:21

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

    Leviticus 11:36

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

    Leviticus 21:23

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Leviticus 23:27

    • אַ֡ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

    Leviticus 23:39

    • אַ֡ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.

    Leviticus 27:26

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.

    Leviticus 27:28

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: nevertheless

Numbers

eleven uses
  • “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

    Numbers 1:49

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

    Numbers 12:2

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”

    Numbers 14:9

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

    Numbers 18:3

    • אַךְ֩ʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

    Numbers 18:15

    • אַ֣ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    Numbers 18:17

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”

    Numbers 22:20

    • וְאַ֗ךְveakhconjunction (“and”) + adverbtagged: and only
  • Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

    Numbers 26:55

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

    Numbers 31:22

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.

    Numbers 31:23

    • אַ֕ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.

    Numbers 36:6

    • אַ֗ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only

Deuteronomy

five uses
  • Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.

    Deuteronomy 12:22

    • אַ֗ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger.

    Deuteronomy 14:7

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

    Deuteronomy 16:15

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”

    Deuteronomy 18:20

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

    Deuteronomy 28:29

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only

Joshua

two uses
  • But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

    Joshua 3:4

    • אַ֣ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

    Joshua 22:19

    • וְאַ֨ךְveakhconjunction (“and”) + adverbtagged: and surely

Judges

six uses
  • After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.

    Judges 3:24

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”

    Judges 6:39

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.

    Judges 7:19

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: just as
  • “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

    Judges 10:15

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

    Judges 16:28

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

    Judges 20:39

    • אַךְ֩ʾakhadverbtagged: surely

1 Samuel

eleven uses
  • “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

    1 Samuel 1:23

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

    1 Samuel 8:9

    • אַ֗ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

    1 Samuel 12:20

    • אַ֗ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

    1 Samuel 12:24

    • אַ֣ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”

    1 Samuel 16:6

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

    1 Samuel 18:8

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

    1 Samuel 18:17

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

    1 Samuel 20:39

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

    1 Samuel 21:4

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

    1 Samuel 25:21

    • אַךְ֩ʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

    1 Samuel 29:9

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless

2 Samuel

three uses
  • Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

    2 Samuel 2:10

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

    2 Samuel 3:13

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.

    2 Samuel 23:10

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only

1 Kings

six uses
  • As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.

    1 Kings 9:24

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

    1 Kings 11:12

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”

    1 Kings 11:39

    • אַ֖ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

    1 Kings 17:13

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

    1 Kings 22:32

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

    1 Kings 22:43

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only

2 Kings

nine uses
  • When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

    2 Kings 5:7

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.

    2 Kings 12:13

    • אַךְ֩ʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.

    2 Kings 13:6

    • אַ֠ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

    2 Kings 18:20

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”

    2 Kings 22:7

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

    2 Kings 23:9

    • אַ֗ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.

    2 Kings 23:26

    • אַ֣ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.

    2 Kings 23:35

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

    2 Kings 24:3

    • אַ֣ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: surely

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.

    1 Chronicles 22:12

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.

    2 Chronicles 20:33

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

    2 Chronicles 30:11

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: nevertheless

Ezra

one use
  • (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)

    Ezra 10:15

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only

Job

eleven uses
  • “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”

    Job 2:6

    • אַ֖ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

    Job 13:15

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:

    Job 13:20

    • אַךְ־ʾakhosh-adverbtagged: only
  • He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”

    Job 14:22

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.

    Job 16:7

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

    Job 18:21

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.

    Job 19:13

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

    Job 23:6

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

    Job 30:24

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

    Job 33:8

    • אַ֭ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

    Job 35:13

    • אַךְ־ʾakhosha-adverbtagged: surely

Psalms

twenty-four uses
  • Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

    Psalms 23:6

    • אַ֤ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.

    Psalms 37:8

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

    Psalms 39:5

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

    Psalms 39:6

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

    Psalms 39:11

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah

    Psalms 49:15

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

    Psalms 58:11

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

    Psalms 62:1

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

    Psalms 62:2

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

    Psalms 62:4

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

    Psalms 62:5

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

    Psalms 62:6

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

    Psalms 62:9

    • אַ֤ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

    Psalms 68:6

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

    Psalms 68:21

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

    Psalms 73:1

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.

    Psalms 73:13

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

    Psalms 73:18

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.

    Psalms 75:8

    • אַךְ־ʾakhosh-adverbtagged: surely
  • Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.

    Psalms 85:9

    • אַ֤ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

    Psalms 139:11

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.

    Psalms 140:13

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely

Proverbs

seven uses
  • The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.

    Proverbs 11:23

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

    Proverbs 11:24

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

    Proverbs 14:23

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

    Proverbs 17:11

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.

    Proverbs 21:5

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

    Proverbs 22:16

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only

Isaiah

ten uses
  • But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

    Isaiah 14:15

    • אַ֧ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Therefore let Moab wail; let them wail together for Moab. Moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth, you who are utterly stricken.

    Isaiah 16:7

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

    Isaiah 19:11

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.

    Isaiah 34:14

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.

    Isaiah 34:15

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?

    Isaiah 36:5

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

    Isaiah 43:24

    • אַ֗ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’”

    Isaiah 45:14

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

    Isaiah 45:24

    • אַ֧ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.

    Isaiah 63:8

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely

Jeremiah

fifteen uses
  • you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

    Jeremiah 2:35

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 3:13

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

    Jeremiah 5:4

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

    Jeremiah 5:5

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

    Jeremiah 10:19

    • אַ֛ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.

    Jeremiah 10:24

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: only
  • Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

    Jeremiah 12:1

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all.

    Jeremiah 16:19

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

    Jeremiah 26:15

    • אַ֣ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

    Jeremiah 26:24

    • אַ֗ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.

    Jeremiah 28:7

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: nevertheless
  • For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”

    Jeremiah 30:11

    • אַ֤ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • For the children of Israel and of Judah have done nothing but evil in My sight from their youth; indeed, they have done nothing but provoke Me to anger by the work of their hands, declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 32:30

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: only
  • Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;

    Jeremiah 34:4

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless

Lamentations

two uses
  • All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

    Lamentations 2:16

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.

    Lamentations 3:3

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely

Ezekiel

one use
  • But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.

    Ezekiel 46:17

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely

Hosea

three uses
  • But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

    Hosea 4:4

    • אַ֥ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless
  • And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

    Hosea 12:8

    • אַ֣ךְʾakhadverbtagged: surely
  • Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

    Hosea 12:11

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely

Jonah

one use
  • At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

    Jonah 2:4

    • אַ֚ךְʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless

Zephaniah

two uses
  • Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

    Zephaniah 1:18

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely
  • I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

    Zephaniah 3:7

    • אַךְ־ʾakh-adverbtagged: surely

Zechariah

one use
  • But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

    Zechariah 1:6

    • אַ֣ךְ׀ʾakhadverbtagged: nevertheless

The letters

Gematria 21· 501 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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