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Isaiah 53:4

“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אָכֵןʼâkên · aw-kane'
H403 · Hebrew

Definition: firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but
Derivation: from H3559 (כּוּן) (compare H3651 (כֵּן));
KJV renderings: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
Grammar: אָכֵ֤ן — adverb
Code HD
Usage: Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 28:16 Exodus 2:14 1 Samuel 15:32 1 Kings 11:2 Job 32:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

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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.