H3654: כֵּן
kên · pronounced kane · “gnat”
Definition
a gnat
KJV translates it as: lice, [idiom] manner.
Word origin: from H3661 (כָּנַן) in the sense of fastening; (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irregular in Exodus 8:17,18; Hebrews 13:14))
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3654 is translated
- gnats ×7
Bible verses with H3654 (kên)
Kên appears in 5 verses.
- Exodus 8:16
And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:17
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:18
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
- Psalms 105:31
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
- Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.