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H0389אַךְakh
surelyPart of speech: Hebrew Adverb
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161 occurrences in 157 verses
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And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said: 'Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.'
אַךְ֩ 'aKh “surely”
And Elkanah her husband said unto her: 'Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish His word.' So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him.
אַ֛ךְ 'akh “only”
Now therefore hearken unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt earnestly forewarn them, and shalt declare unto them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.'
אַ֗ךְ 'Akh “nevertheless”
And Samuel said unto the people: 'Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
אַ֗ךְ 'Akh “nevertheless”
Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things He hath done for you.
אַ֣ךְ׀ 'akh “only”
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he beheld Eliab, and said: 'Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him.'
אַ֛ךְ 'akh “surely”
And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said: 'They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands; and all he lacketh is the kingdom!'
אַ֥ךְ 'akh “only”
And Saul said to David: 'Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles.' For Saul said: 'Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.'
אַ֚ךְ 'akh “only”
But the lad knew not any thing; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
אַ֤ךְ 'akh “only”
And the priest answered David, and said: 'There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.'
אַ֥ךְ 'akh “only”
Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good.
אַךְ֩ 'aKh “surely”
And Achish answered and said to David: 'I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God; notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said: He shall not go up with us to the battle.
אַ֣ךְ 'akh “nevertheless”
Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
אַ֚ךְ 'akh “only”
And he said: 'Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.'
אַ֣ךְ 'akh “only”
he stood firm, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword; and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.
אַךְ־ 'akh- “only”
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her; then did he build Millo.
אַ֣ךְ 'akh “only”
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake; but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
אַךְ־ 'akh- “only”
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.'
אַ֖ךְ 'akh “nevertheless”
And Elijah said unto her: 'Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.
אַ֣ךְ 'akh “only”
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said: 'Surely it is the king of Israel'; and they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.
אַ֣ךְ 'akh “surely”
43And he walked in all the way of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD; 44howbeit the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and offered in the high places.
אַ֥ךְ 'akh “only”
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh
אַךְ־ 'akh- “only”
But there were not made for the house of the LORD cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD;
אַךְ֩ 'aKh “only”
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin, but walked therein; and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.--
אַ֠ךְ 'akh “nevertheless”
Sayest thou that a mere word of the lips is counsel and strength for the war? Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
אַךְ־ 'akh- “only”