# H3654 כֵּן

כֵּן (kên), Strong’s H3654: a gnat KJV: lice, [idiom] manner.. Occurs 6 times.

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*kên* — a gnat

KJV: lice, [idiom] manner.

Derived from [כָּנַן kânan](https://besorah.bible/word/H3661) (to set out, i.e. plant)

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- כֵּן (?), כִּנִּם, כִּנָּם n.[m.], mng. dub.; either gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm, or [louse,] lice

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 8:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/8?v=12) — The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice…
- [Exodus 8:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/8?v=13) — They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on…
- [Exodus 8:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/8?v=14) — The magicians tried with their enchantments to produce lice, but they couldn’t. There were lice on man, and on animal.
- [Psalms 105:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/105?v=31) — He spoke, and swarms of flies came, and lice in all their borders.