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It often translates to "thus" or "so," indicating that something is done in a particular manner or is true. It can also mean "rightly" or "surely," emphasizing the certainty or correctness of a statement. In some contexts, it serves as a logical connector, similar to "therefore" or "indeed."<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, language was a powerful tool for conveying truth and establishing agreements. The use of "ken" in the Hebrew Bible reflects a cultural emphasis on certainty and affirmation. It often appears in contexts where actions are confirmed or where God's promises and commands are affirmed as true and reliable. The word underscores the importance of truthfulness and reliability in communication, which were highly valued in ancient Israelite society.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of uncertain derivation<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>gnat, gnats, a gnat swarm<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>gnats (6), manner (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> IV. <font class="hebrew2">כֵּן</font> (?), <font class="hebrew2">כִּנִּם</font>, <font class="hebrew2">כִּנָּם</font> </p><p style="sub1"> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font>, meaning dubious; either <font size="+1"><b>gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm</b></font> (so <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ9</font> <TOPIC:Philo Judaeus> Philo<sup>Vita Mos. i, p. 97</sup>, <TOPIC:Origen>Origen<sup>Hom. 4, 6 in Ex.</sup>, and most moderns), or [louse,] lice (so <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> Jos<sup>Ant. ii. 14</sup>. 13 Boch<sup>Hieroz. II, ii, 572 f.</sup>, as Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">כִּנָּה</font>, plural <font class="hebrew2">כִּנִּים</font> = <em>maggots</em>, and especially <em>lice</em>) — absolute perhaps <font class="hebrew2">כֵּן</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51-6.htm">Isaiah 51:6</a> (see below); plural <font class="hebrew2">כִּנִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-13.htm">Exodus 8:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-14.htm">Exodus 8:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/105-31.htm">Psalm 105:31</a>, <font class="hebrew2">כִּנִּם</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-12.htm">Exodus 8:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-13.htm">Exodus 8:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-14.htm">Exodus 8:14</a> has, also, <font class="hebrew2">כִּנָּם</font> probably a mere Masoretic device for <font class="hebrew2">כִּנִּם</font> (compare Di), on account of preceding <font class="hebrew2">וַתְּהִי</font> (on which see Ges<sup>§ 145</sup>. 4 Da<sup>Synt. § 116</sup>); <font class="hebrew2">⅏</font> has <font class="hebrew2">כנים</font> throughout: — of Egyptian plague <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-12.htm">Exodus 8:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-13.htm">Exodus 8:13</a> (twice in verse); <a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-14.htm">Exodus 8:14</a> (twice in verse) (all P), hence <a href="/interlinear/psalms/105-31.htm">Psalm 105:31</a>; <font class="hebrew2">כְּמוֺכֵֿן יְמוּתוּן</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/51-6.htm">Isaiah 51:6</a> <em>like a gnatswarm</em> (?) <em>shall they die</em> (compare Di Du; Weir Che read <font class="hebrew2">כנים</font>, compare Buhl<sup>p. 355</sup>; > Brd De <em>like this</em>).<p><font size="+1">Note.</font> — Nö<sup>M 54</sup> Ba<sup>NB § 15, ES 53</sup> Buhl<sup>Ges HWB ed. 12</sup> connect this word etymologically with Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">כלמתא</font> <em>vermin</em>, Ba and Buhl also with Assyrian <i><em>kalmatu, id.</em></i> [Dl<sup>HWB 333</sup>], and even with Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">קלמתא</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb048801.gif">, Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb048802.gif">, etc., Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb048803.gif"> <em>louse</em>; but these connections, as well as that with Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">כְּנִימָה</font>, all involving radical <font class="hebrew2">מ</font>, are most improbable <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>lice, manner <p>From <a href="/hebrew/3661.htm">kanan</a> in the sense of fastening; a gnat (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irreg. In Exod. 8:17, Exod. 8:18; Heb. 13:14)) -- lice, X manner. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3661.htm">kanan</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/18.htm">'ebuwc</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַכִּנִּ֖ים הַכִּנָּ֔ם הכנים הכנם כִּ֝נִּ֗ים כִנִּ֖ים כנים לְכִנִּ֖ם לכנם chinNim hak·kin·nām hak·kin·nîm hakkinNam hakkinnām hakkinNim hakkinnîm kin·nîm ḵin·nîm kinNim kinnîm ḵinnîm lə·ḵin·nim lechinNim ləḵinnim<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה <b> לְכִנִּ֖ם </b> בְּכָל־ אֶ֥רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that it may become <span class="itali">gnats</span> through all<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the land, <span class="itali">that it may become lice</span> throughout all the land<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the earth may become <span class="itali">gnats</span> all the land<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֔רֶץ וַתְּהִי֙ <b> הַכִּנָּ֔ם </b> בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the earth, <span class="itali">and there were gnats</span> on man<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the earth, <span class="itali">and it became lice</span> in man,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the earth became <span class="itali">were gnats</span> man and beast<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֛רֶץ הָיָ֥ה <b> כִנִּ֖ים </b> בְּכָל־ אֶ֥רֶץ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> became <span class="itali">gnats</span> through all<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the land <span class="itali">became lice</span> throughout all the land<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the earth became <span class="itali">gnats</span> all the land<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לְהוֹצִ֥יא אֶת־ <b> הַכִּנִּ֖ים </b> וְלֹ֣א יָכֹ֑לוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to bring forth <span class="itali">gnats,</span> but they could<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to bring forth <span class="itali">lice,</span> but they could<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> their secret to bring <span class="itali">gnats</span> not could<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/8-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 8:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָכֹ֑לוּ וַתְּהִי֙ <b> הַכִּנָּ֔ם </b> בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> but they could <span class="itali">not; so there were gnats</span> on man<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but they could <span class="itali">not: so there were lice</span> upon man,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/8-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> could become <span class="itali">were gnats</span> man and beast<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/105-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 105:31</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/105.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיָּבֹ֣א עָרֹ֑ב <b> כִּ֝נִּ֗ים </b> בְּכָל־ גְּבוּלָֽם׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/105.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a swarm of flies <span class="itali">[And] gnats</span> in all<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/105.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> divers sorts of flies, <span class="itali">[and] lice</span> in all their coasts.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/105-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came A swarm <span class="itali">gnats</span> all their territory<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3654.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3654.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3654<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chinnim_3654.htm">ḵin·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkinnam_3654.htm">hak·kin·nām — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hakkinnim_3654.htm">hak·kin·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kinnim_3654.htm">kin·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lechinnim_3654.htm">lə·ḵin·nim — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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