Ken (כֵּן, Strong's H3651) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles). The King James Bible translates it as after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, (for-) asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), × the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, × you.

What is the Strong's number for Ken?

The Strong's number for Ken (כֵּן) is H3651. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

Bible word study

Ken (Strong’s H3651): Meaning in the Bible

Ken (כֵּן) is the Hebrew word numbered H3651 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles). In the King James Bible it is translated after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, (for-) asmuch as yet.

כֵּן

kên · Hebrew

Strong’s H3651 · kane

Original wordכֵּן
Transliterationkên
Pronunciationkane
Part of speechadverb (adv)
Strong’s numberH3651
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

Derivation. from H3559;

How the King James Bible translates it

after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, (for-) asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), × the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, × you. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Ken in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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