כֵּןkên
base, pedestal, office
Pronunciation: kane · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3653
Meanings
1. base, pedestal (1 Kings 7:31; 1 Kings 7:35; 1 Kings 7:29)
2. office, place (Genesis 40:13; Genesis 41:13; Daniel 11:20)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 40:13 Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer.
- Genesis 41:13 And everything happened just as he had predicted. I was restored to my position as cup-bearer, and the chief baker was executed and impaled on a pole.”
- Exodus 30:18 “Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.
- Exodus 30:28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the washbasin with its stand.
- Exodus 31:9 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils; the washbasin with its stand;
- Exodus 35:16 the altar of burnt offering; the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils; the washbasin with its stand;
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).