# H403 אָכֵן

אָכֵן (ʼâkên), Strong’s H403: firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but KJV: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.. Occurs 18 times.

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*ʼâkên* — firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but

KJV: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.

Built from [כּוּן kûwn](https://besorah.bible/word/H3559) (to be erect) + [כֵּן kên](https://besorah.bible/word/H3651) (set upright)

Occurs 18 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אָכֵן adv. with strong asseverative force:
- a surely, truly
- b emphasizing a contrast, but indeed, but in fact

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 28:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/28?v=16) — Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”
- [Exodus 2:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=14) — He said, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?” Moses was…
- [1 Samuel 15:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=32) — Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely…
- [1 Kings 11:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/11?v=2) — of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall…
- [Isaiah 40:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=7) — The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
- [Isaiah 45:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/45?v=15) — Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’”
- [Isaiah 49:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/49?v=4) — But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is…
- [Isaiah 53:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/53?v=4) — Surely he has borne our sickness and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
- [Jeremiah 3:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=20) — “Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so you have dealt treacherously with me, house of Israel,”…
- [Jeremiah 3:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=23) — Truly help from the hills, the tumult on the mountains, is in vain. Truly the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our…