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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 1 / 4 (Gen 7:23–Jdg 16:28)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:4 - But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - “And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?”
And the LORD replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
“Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14 - Laban exclaimed, “You really are my own flesh and blood!” After Jacob had stayed with Laban for about a month,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:15 - But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let’s agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:28 - and one of them went away and never returned. Doubtless he was torn to pieces by some wild animal. I have never seen him since.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - “Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the LORD your God to take away this death from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival, remove every trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 - On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 - “Tell the people of Israel: ‘Be careful to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you from generation to generation. It is given so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:4 - You may not, however, eat the following animals[fn] that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:36 - “However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - Yet because of his physical defect, he may not enter the room behind the inner curtain or approach the altar, for this would defile my holy places. I am the LORD who makes them holy.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.[fn] You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves[fn] and present special gifts to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - “Remember that this seven-day festival to the LORD—the Festival of Shelters—begins on the fifteenth day of the appointed month,[fn] after you have harvested all the produce of the land. The first day and the eighth day of the festival will be days of complete rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - “You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to the LORD, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats already belong to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - “However, anything specially set apart for the LORD—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:2 - They said, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he spoken through us, too?” But the LORD heard them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - Do not rebel against the LORD, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the LORD is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:3 - But as the Levites go about all their assigned duties at the Tabernacle, they must be careful not to go near any of the sacred objects or the altar. If they do, both you and they will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - “The firstborn of every mother, whether human or animal, that is offered to the LORD will be yours. But you must always redeem your firstborn sons and the firstborn of ceremonially unclean animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “However, you may not redeem the firstborn of cattle, sheep, or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for the LORD. Sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:20 - That night God came to Balaam and told him, “Since these men have come for you, get up and go with them. But do only what I tell you to do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:55 - But you must assign the land by lot, and give land to each ancestral tribe according to the number of names on the list.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - that is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry anyone they like, as long as it is within their own ancestral tribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:22 - Anyone, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you do now with gazelle and deer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - but if the animal doesn’t have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax.[fn] They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - For seven days you must celebrate this festival to honor the LORD your God at the place he chooses, for it is he who blesses you with bountiful harvests and gives you success in all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:20 - But any prophet who falsely claims to speak in my name or who speaks in the name of another god must die.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:29 - You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - Since you have never traveled this way before, they will guide you. Stay about a half mile[fn] behind them, keeping a clear distance between you and the Ark. Make sure you don’t come any closer.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD’s land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - After Ehud was gone, the king’s servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 - It was just after midnight,[fn] after the changing of the guard, when Gideon and the 100 men with him reached the edge of the Midianite camp. Suddenly, they blew the rams’ horns and broke their clay jars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15 - But the Israelites pleaded with the LORD and said, “We have sinned. Punish us as you see fit, only rescue us today from our enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 - Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “Sovereign LORD, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.”

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