Strong’s H3653 · Hebrew

כֵּן
kên
kane

Definition

a stand, i.e. pedestal or station

Etymology

the same as H3651 (כֵּן), used as a noun;

Where the KJV renders it

  • base
  • estate
  • foot
  • office
  • place
  • well

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

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