Hebrew adv · H403
אָכֵן
akenaw-kane'
surely
18 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼâkên
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H403is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H403
firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
The King James renders it: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
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
aken is rendered "surely". It stands 18 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Five of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 28:16When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
Genesis 28:16אָכֵן֙
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
- truly10
- nevertheless8
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.
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- אָכֵן֙6
- אָ֭כֵן3
- אָכֵ֖ן2
- אָכֵ֥ן2
- אָכֵ֗ן1
- אָכֵ֕ן1
- אָכֵ֤ן1
- אָכֵ֛ן1
- אָכֵן֩1
The grammar of each form
- interjection18HTj
Genesis
one use
When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”
- אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
Exodus
one use
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
- אָכֵ֖ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
1 Samuel
one use
Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
- אָכֵ֖ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
1 Kings
one use
These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
- אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
Job
one use
But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
- אָ֭כֵןʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
Psalms
three uses
In 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.
- אָכֵ֗ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- אָ֭כֵןʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
- אָ֭כֵןʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
Isaiah
four uses
The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
- אָכֵ֥ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
- אָכֵ֕ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
But 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.”
- אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- אָכֵ֤ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
Jeremiah
five uses
But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
- אָכֵ֛ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
- אָכֵ֥ןʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
- אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
Then 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.”
- אָכֵן֩ʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
How 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?
- אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectiontagged: truly
Zephaniah
one use
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.
- אָכֵן֙ʾakheninterjectiontagged: nevertheless
The letters
Gematria 71· 721 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.