Lexical Summary aken: surely Original Word: אָכֵןTransliteration: aken Phonetic Spelling: (aw-kane') Part of Speech: Adverb Short Definition: surely Meaning: firmly, surely, but Strong's Concordance but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily From kuwn (compare ken); firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) But -- but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily. see HEBREW kuwn see HEBREW ken Brown-Driver-Briggs H403. aken אָכֵן (perhaps from אַח; compare Aramaic דֵּח & דִּכֵּן) adverb with strong asseverative force: a. surely, truly, especially at beginning of a speech (stronger & more decided than אַח) Genesis 28:16; Exodus 2:14; 1 Samuel 15:32; Isaiah 40:7; 45:15; Jeremiah 3:23 (twice in verse); 4:10; 8:8. In 1 Kings 11:2 אָבֵן stands unusually; and מֶּןֿ (compare ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5) should probably be read (so Klo). b. emphasizing a contrast, but indeed, but in fact, especially after אָמַרְתִּי I said or thought, expressing the reality, in opposed to what had been wrongly imagined, Isaiah 49:4b (opposed to va) 53:4 (opposed to 53:3 end) Jeremiah 3:20 (opposed to the expectation 3:19 b) Zephaniah 3:7b Psalm 31:23b (opposed to 31:23a) 66:19; 82:7 (opposed to 82:6) Job 32:8 (opposed to 32:7). |
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