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Lexicon :: Strong's H3654 - kēn

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כֵּן
Transliteration
kēn
Pronunciation
kane
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From כָּנַן (H3661) in the sense of fastening
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TWOT Reference: 999a

Strong’s Definitions

כֵּן kên, kane; from H3661 in the sense of fastening; (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irregular in Exodus 8:17,18; Hebrews 13:14)) a gnat:—lice, × manner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H3654 in the following manner: lice (6x), manner (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H3654 in the following manner: lice (6x), manner (1x).

  1. gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כֵּן kên, kane; from H3661 in the sense of fastening; (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irregular in Exodus 8:17,18; Hebrews 13:14)) a gnat:—lice, × manner.
STRONGS H3654: Abbreviations
† IV. כֵּן (?), כִּנִּם, כִּנָּם noun [masculine], meaning dubious; either gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm (so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate PhiloVita Mos. i, p. 97, OrigenHom. 4, 6 in Ex., and most moderns), or [louse,] lice (so Syriac Version Targum JosAnt. ii. 14. 13 BochHieroz. II, ii, 572 f., as Late Hebrew כִּנָּה, plural כִּנִּים = maggots, and especially lice) — absolute perhaps כֵּן Isaiah 51:6 (see below); plural כִּנִּים Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Psalm 105:31, כִּנִּם Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14 has, also, כִּנָּם probably a mere Masoretic device for כִּנִּם (compare Di), on account of preceding וַתְּהִי (on which see Ges§ 145. 4 DaSynt. § 116); Samaritan has כנים throughout: — of Egyptian plague Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 8:14 (twice in verse) (all P), hence Psalm 105:31; כְּמוֺכֵֿן יְמוּתוּן Isaiah 51:6 like a gnatswarm (?) shall they die (compare Di Du; Weir Che read כנים, compare Buhlp. 355; > Brd De like this).
Note.
— NöM 54 BaNB § 15, ES 53 BuhlGes HWB ed. 12 connect this word etymologically with Aramaic כלמתא vermin, Ba and Buhl also with Assyrian kalmatu, id. [DlHWB 333], and even with Aramaic קלמתא, bdb048801, Arabic bdb048802, etc., Ethiopic bdb048803louse; but these connections, as well as that with Late Hebrew כְּנִימָה, all involving radical מ, are most improbable
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

8:12; 8:12; 8:13; 8:13; 8:13; 8:14; 8:14; 8:14

Psalms

105:31; 105:31

Isaiah

51:6; 51:6

H3654

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Strong's Number H3654 matches the Hebrew כֵּן (kēn),
which occurs 7 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become [fn]gnats H3654 through all the land of Egypt.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [fn]gnats H3654 on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became [fn]gnats H3654 through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - Then [fn]the magicians did the same with their secret arts in order to bring forth [fn]gnats H3654, but they could not; so there were [fn]gnats H3654 on man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:31 -

He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies

And gnats H3654 in all their territory.

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“Lift up your eyes to the sky,

Then look to the earth beneath;

For the sky will vanish like smoke,

And the earth will wear out like a garment,

And its inhabitants will die [fn]in like manner;

But My salvation will be forever,

And My righteousness will not be dismayed.

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