Brown-Driver-Briggs III. כֵּן noun masculine base, pedestal, office (Late Hebrew כַּנָּה; Aramaic כַּנְתָּא, ) — absolute ׳כ Isaiah 33:23; 1 Kings 7:31 (but see below); suffix כַּנּוֺ Exodus 30:18 11t.; כַּנֶּ֑ךָ Genesis 40:13; כַּנִּי Genesis 41:13; — 1 literally base, pedestal, 1 Kings 7:31 (like) the work of a pedestal (Th VB), according to StaZAW iii, 1883, 161, 162 מַעֲשֵׂהכֵֿן is in wrong place, being originally part of a gloss to 1 Kings 7:35; — ׳כ in 1 Kings 7:29 = thus, or is text error; — כֵּןתָּֿרְנָם Isaiah 33:23 the base (supportor socket) of their mast (so Thes and most); especially of base of laver of tabernacle Exodus 30:18,28; Exodus 31:9; Exodus 35:16; Exodus 38:8; Exodus 39:39; Exodus 40:11; Leviticus 8:11 (all P). 2 office, place Genesis 40:13; Genesis 41:13 (both E); hence (late) עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in his place Daniel 11:20,21,38 (i.e. in his stead, as his successor, compare German an seiner Stelle); עַל omitted Daniel 11:7. Forms and Transliterations וְכַנּ֥וֹ וכנו כֵ֔ן כֵּ֣ן כַּנִּ֖י כַּנֶּ֑ךָ כַּנּ֑וֹ כַּנּ֖וֹ כַּנּ֛וֹ כַּנּ֣וֹ כַּנּֽוֹ׃ כַּנּוֹ֙ כן כנו כנו׃ כני כנך Chen kan·ne·ḵā kan·nî kan·nōw kanNecha kanneḵā kanNi kannî kanNo kannōw ken kên ḵên vechanNo wə·ḵan·nōw wəḵannōwLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |