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Lexicon :: Strong's H389 - 'aḵ

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אַךְ
Transliteration
'aḵ
Pronunciation
ak
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 84

Strong’s Definitions

אַךְ ʼak, ak; akin to H403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only:—also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H389 in the following manner: also, but, certainly, even, howbeit, least, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, scarce, surely, surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H389 in the following manner: also, but, certainly, even, howbeit, least, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, scarce, surely, surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet.

  1. indeed, surely (emphatic)

  2. howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַךְ ʼak, ak; akin to H403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only:—also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).
STRONGS H389: Abbreviations
אַךְ 159 adverb (perhaps from the same demonstrative, root found also in כִּי, כֹּה, כֵּן).
1. surely.
2. with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows:
a. in contrast to what precedes, howbeit;
b. in contrast with other ideas generally, only.
1. asseverative, often introducing with emphasis the expression of a truth (or supposed truth) newly perceived, especially in colloquial language, surely, no doubt (doch wohl); Genesis 26:9 אַךְ הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ הִוא of a surety, lo, she is thy wife ! Genesis 29:14; Genesis 44:28; Judges 3:24; Judges 20:39; 1 Samuel 16:6 surely the anointed of י׳ is before him ! 1 Samuel 25:21; Jeremiah 5:4; Psalm 58:12; Psalm 73:1; Psalm 73:13; but also in other cases, though rarely, Isaiah 34:14, 15; Zephaniah 3:7; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 139:11; Psalm 140:14; Job 16:7; Job 18:21; & rather singularly Exodus 12:15; Exodus 31:13; Leviticus 23:27, 39 (all P).
2. restrictive:
a. in contrast to what precedes, howbeit, yet, but : Genesis 9:4 howbeit, flesh with the life thereof... ye shall not eat, Genesis 20:12; Exodus 21:21; Leviticus 21:23; Leviticus 27:26; Numbers 18:15, 17; 2 Samuel 3:13; Jeremiah 10:24 correct me, בְּמִשְׁפָּט אַךְ but with judgment, Job 2:6; Job 13:15; sometimes with an adversative force, as Isaiah 14:15; Isaiah 43:24; before an imperative (minimizing the request), Genesis 23:13 only, if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me ! Genesis 27:13; Judges 10:15; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Kings 17:13 and elsewhere So 1 Samuel 8:9 אַךְ כִּי (see כִּי; and compare πλὴν ὅτι).
b. in contrast to other ideas generally : —
(α) Genesis 7:23; Genesis 18:32 אַךְ הַפַּעַם only this once (so Exodus 10:17 and elsewhere) Exodus 34:15; Exodus 12:16 (note accents), 1 Samuel 18:8 וְעוֺד לוֺ אַךְ תַמְּלוּכָה and there yet remains for him only the kingdom, 1 Samuel 21:5; Isaiah 45:14 אַךָ בְּךָ אֵל only in thee is God! Psalm 62:2 etc. Job 14:22; Psalm 37:8 fret not thyself אַךְ לְהָרֵעַ (which leadeth) only to do evil, Proverbs 11:24 he that withholdeth more than is meet אַךְ לְמַחְסוֺר (tendeth) only to penury, Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 22:16;
(β) attaching itself closely to the following word (usually an adjective, rarely a verb), only, i.e. exclusively, altogether, utterly Deuteronomy 16:15 and thou shalt be אַךְ שָׂמֵחַ altogether rejoicing, Deuteronomy 28:29 (compare Deuteronomy 28:33 רַק) Isaiah 16:7 אַךְ נְכָאִים utterly stricken, Isaiah 19:11; Jeremiah 16:19 nought but lies, Jeremiah 32:30; Hosea 12:12; Job 19:13 אַךְ זָרוּ are wholly estranged (with play on אַכְזָר cruel).
c. as an adverb of time (with infinitive absolute), twice: Genesis 27:30 בָּא וְעֵשָׂו⬩⬩⬩יַצֲקֹב יָצָא יָצא אַךְ only just (or scarcely) had Jacob gone out,... and (= when) Esau came in, Judges 7:19. — וְאַח thrice : Genesis 9:5 and only (second limitation of Genesis 9:3); Numbers 22:20 but only; Joshua 22:19 but howbeit.
Note. — In some passages the affirmative and restrictive senses agree equally with the context; and authorities read the Hebrew differently. Thus only = nought but, altogether, is adopted by Ges Ew Hi De in Psalm 23:6; Psalm 62:10; Psalm 73:1; Psalm 73:13; by Ew Hi De in Psalm 39:6; Psalm 39:7 (Che surely); by Ges Ew De in Psalm 39:12 (but Hi Che surely); by Ew Hi in Psalm 73:18 (De Che surely); by Ges Hi De in Psalm 139:11 (Ew doch). Isaiah 45:14 Ges Ew Hi Di only; but De Che of a truth.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

7:23; 9:3; 9:4; 9:5; 18:32; 20:12; 23:13; 26:9; 27:13; 27:30; 29:14; 44:28

Exodus

10:17; 12:15; 12:16; 21:21; 31:13; 34:15

Leviticus

21:23; 23:27; 23:39; 27:26

Numbers

18:15; 18:17; 22:20

Deuteronomy

16:15; 28:29; 28:33

Joshua

22:19

Judges

3:24; 7:19; 10:15; 20:39

1 Samuel

8:9; 16:6; 18:8; 18:17; 21:5; 25:21

2 Samuel

3:13

1 Kings

17:13

Job

2:6; 13:15; 14:22; 16:7; 18:21; 19:13

Psalms

23:6; 23:6; 37:8; 39:6; 39:7; 39:12; 62:2; 62:10; 73:1; 73:1; 73:13; 73:13; 73:18; 139:11; 139:11

Proverbs

11:24; 14:23; 21:5; 22:16

Isaiah

14:15; 16:7; 19:11; 34:14; 34:15; 43:24; 45:14; 45:14

Jeremiah

5:4; 10:24; 16:19; 32:30

Hosea

12:12

Zephaniah

3:7

H389

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Strong's Number H389 matches the Hebrew אַךְ ('aḵ),
which occurs 161 times in 157 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 49:15–Eze 46:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:15 - But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:11 - So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:1 - [[To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:5 - My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:6 - He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 - God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 - But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1 - [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:18 - Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 75:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:8 - For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 - Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:13 - Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:23 - The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 - In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:11 - An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5 - The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:15 - Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 - The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:15 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:24 - Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:24 - Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:8 - For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 - Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:13 - Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:4 - Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly H389 this is a grief, and I must bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:19 - O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:15 - But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:24 - Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:7 - Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:30 - For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:4 - Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly H389 this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:3 - Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:17 - But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

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1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 7:23–Jdg 16:28

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jdg 20:39–Psa 39:11

3. Currently on page 3/4 (Psa 49:15–Eze 46:17) Psa 49:15–Eze 46:17

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