כֵּן (kēn) is a Hebrew adverb meaning forasmuch as. It appears 771 times in 35 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3651).
כֵּן adverb
Strong's H3651 כֵּן: properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
KJV:after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, (for-) asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), × the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, × you.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 964: כּוּן kûn — be firm; be set up, established, fixed, be directed aright, prepare, be ready, be prepared; fix, make ready, provide for, provide, furnish, direct, arrange, order; constitute, make; be erect, apply, appoint, render sure, proper…
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