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2 Kings 23:26
“Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H389 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
- Derivation
- akin to H403 (אָכֵן);
- KJV renderings
- also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).
- Grammar
- אַ֣ךְ — particle (affirmation)
- Usage
- Occurs 161 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:23Genesis 9:4Genesis 9:5Genesis 18:32Genesis 20:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.