Kên — H3653

Definition

masculine noun

a stand, i.e. pedestal or station

1. base, stand, pedestal, office, foot, place, estate
1. base, pedestal
2. office, place

Usually translated as

foot, estate, base, office, place, well

Origin

the same as H3651, used as a noun

• Same as Kên (H3651)

Greek equivalents

• archḗ (G746)
• asphalḗs (G804)
• básis (G939)
• eirēnikós (G1516)
• ekeînos (G1565)
• hetoimasía (G2091)
• hómoios (G3664)
• hoûtos (G3778)
• hoútō (G3779)
• rhíza (G4491)
• tópos (G5117)

Occurrences

Kên occurs 17 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (7), Leviticus (1), 1 Kings (2), Isaiah (1), Daniel (4)

• Genesis 40:13 — Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place (כַּנֶּ֑ךָ): and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
• Genesis 41:13 — And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office (כַּנִּ֖י), and him he hanged.
• Exodus 30:18 — Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot (וְכַנּ֥וֹ) also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
• Exodus 30:28 — And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot (כַּנּֽוֹ).
• Exodus 31:9 — And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot (כַּנּֽוֹ),
• Exodus 35:16 — The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot (כַּנּֽוֹ),
• Exodus 38:8 — And he made the laver of brass, and the foot (כַּנּ֣וֹ) of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Exodus 39:39 — The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot (כַּנּֽוֹ),
• Exodus 40:11 — And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot (כַּנּ֑וֹ), and sanctify it.
• Leviticus 8:11 — And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot (כַּנּ֖וֹ), to sanctify them.
• 1 Kings 7:29 — And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base (כֵּ֣ן) above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
• 1 Kings 7:31 — And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base (כֵ֔ן), a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
• Isaiah 33:23 — Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well (כֵן) strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
• Daniel 11:7 — But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate (כַּנּ֑וֹ), which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
• Daniel 11:20 — Then shall stand up in his estate (כַּנּ֛וֹ) a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
• Daniel 11:21 — And in his estate (כַּנּוֹ֙) shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
• Daniel 11:38 — But in his estate (כַּנּ֖וֹ) shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.