achen · surely; but

What it means

achen (אָכֵן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “surely; but”.

Surely, truly; but.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A word that affirms strongly: «truly», «without doubt».
2. A word that contrasts with what came before: «but», «even so».

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Surely ×17
• But ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×3
• Isaiah×4
• Jeremiah×5
• Zephaniah×1

• Genesis 28:16

  Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely YHWH is in this place, and I did not know it.”

• Exodus 2:14

  He said, “Who made you a man, a ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the thing is known.”

• 1 Samuel 15:32

  Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag king of Amalek.” And Agag went to him in good spirits; and Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has turned aside.”

• 1 Kings 11:2

  from the nations of which YHWH had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not go in among them, and they shall not go in among you; surely they will incline your heart after their gods.” To them Solomon clung in love.

• Job 32:8

  Surely it is a spirit in the mortal, and the breath of Shaddai that makes them understand.

• Psalms 31:22

  And I said in my alarm, “I have been cut off from before your eyes.” But you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried for help to you.

• Psalms 66:19

  But surely Elohim has heard; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

• Psalms 82:7

  But surely like human beings you will die, and like one of the princes you will fall.’”

• Isaiah 40:7

  The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of YHWH blows on it; surely the people is grass.

• Isaiah 45:15

  Surely, you are an El who hides himself, Elohim of Israel, Savior.

• Isaiah 49:4

  But I said, “In vain I have worn myself out; for emptiness and vapor I have spent my strength; yet surely my right is with YHWH, and my wages with my Elohim.”

• Isaiah 53:4

  Surely our sicknesses he carried, and our pains he bore them; yet we considered him stricken, struck by Elohim and afflicted.

• Jeremiah 3:20

  Surely, as a woman betrays her companion, so you have betrayed me, house of Israel, declares YHWH.

• Jeremiah 3:23

  Surely for falsehood are the hills, the tumult of the mountains; surely in YHWH our Elohim is the salvation of Israel.

• Jeremiah 4:10

  And I said, “Ah, Adonai YHWH! Surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace,’ and the sword has reached to the soul.”

• Jeremiah 8:8

  How can you say, “We are wise, and the instruction of YHWH is with us”? Surely, look, for falsehood it has been made by the lying pen of the scribes.

• Zephaniah 3:7

  I said, ‘Surely you will fear me, you will accept correction’; and her dwelling would not be cut off, with all that I charged her; but surely they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

And 1 more times.