כּוּן (kûwn) — Certain
Hebrew word study: כּוּן (kûwn), Strong's H3559. properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establ
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV translation words: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed.
Strong's H3559 is tagged on 215 words in 207 verses across 27 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 41:32 and last appears in Zechariah 5:11.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 207)
- Genesis 41:32 — נָכוֹן — is certain
- Genesis 43:16 — וְהָכֵן — and prepare it
- Genesis 43:25 — וַיָּכִינוּ — and they prepared
- Exodus 8:26 — נָכוֹן — is established
- Exodus 15:17 — כּוֹנְנוּ — they have established
- Exodus 16:5 — וְהֵכִינוּ — and they will prepare
- Exodus 19:11 — נְכֹנִים — prepared
- Exodus 19:15 — נְכֹנִים — prepared
- Exodus 23:20 — הֲכִנֹתִי — I have prepared
- Exodus 34:2 — נָכוֹן — prepared
- Numbers 21:27 — וְתִכּוֹנֵן — and it may be established
- Numbers 23:1 — וְהָכֵן — and prepare
- Numbers 23:29 — וְהָכֵן — and prepare
- Deuteronomy 13:14 — נָכוֹן — is certain
- Deuteronomy 17:4 — נָכוֹן — is certain
- Deuteronomy 19:3 — תָּכִין — you will establish
- Deuteronomy 32:6 — וַיְכֹנְנֶךָ — and he established you
- Joshua 1:11 — הָכִינוּ — prepare
- Joshua 3:17 — הָכֵן — firmly
- Joshua 4:3 — הָכִין — to make firm
- Joshua 4:4 — הֵכִין — he had appointed
- Joshua 8:4 — נְכֹנִים — prepared
- Judges 12:6 — יָכִין — he gave attention
- Judges 16:26 — נָכוֹן — is established
- Judges 16:29 — נָכוֹן — was established
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Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H403 אָכֵן (ʼâkên), H3078 יְהוֹיָכִין (Yᵉhôwyâkîyn), H3199 יָכִין (Yâkîyn), H3204 יְכׇנְיָה (Yᵉkonyâh), H3560 כּוּן (Kûwn), H3561 כַּוָּן (kavvân), H3562 כּוֹנַנְיָהוּ (Kôwnanyâhûw), H3594 כִּיּוּן (Kîyûwn), H3651 כֵּן (kên), H4349 מָכוֹן (mâkôwn), H5225 נָכוֹן (Nâkôwn), H8499 תְּכוּנָה (tᵉkûwnâh).
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What does kûwn (H3559) mean?
Properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
How is H3559 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H3559 as: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, [idiom] very deed..
How often does כּוּן (kûwn) appear?
Strong's H3559 is tagged on 215 words in 207 verses across 27 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 41:32 and last appears in Zechariah 5:11.
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