Definition

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

Etymology

akin to H403 (אָכֵן);

Where the KJV renders it

• also
• in any wise
• at least
• but
• certainly
• even
• howbeit
• nevertheless
• notwithstanding
• only
• save
• surely
• of a surety
• truly
• verily
• wherefore
• yet (but)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.