כֵּן (kēn) is a Hebrew adverb meaning forasmuch as. It appears 771 times in 35 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3651).

Also rendered

• right
• so

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 964b)

Root family 964: כוּן kûn — established, prepared, made ready, fixed, certain, right. (ASV, RSV similar.)

• מְכוֹנָה mĕkônâ — fixed resting-place
• מָכוֹן mākôn — fixed place
• תְּכוּנָה tĕkûnâ — arrangement
• כַּוָּן kawwān — cake
• מְכֻנָה mĕkunâ — fixed resting-place

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