hebrew #3654 - כֵּן ken (gnat)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From kanan in the sense of fastening; a gnat (from infixing its sting; used only in plural (and irreg. In Exod. 8:17, Exod. 8:18; Heb. 13:14)) -- lice, X manner.

see HEBREW kanan

see HEBREW 'ebuwc

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

noun [masculine], meaning dubious; either gnat, gnats, gnat-swarm (so ᵐ5ᵑ9 <TOPIC:Philo Judaeus> Philo^{Vita Mos. i, p. 97}, <TOPIC:Origen>Origen^{Hom. 4, 6 in Ex.}, and most moderns), or [louse,] lice (so ᵑ6ᵑ7 Jos^{Ant. ii. 14}. 13 Boch^{Hieroz. II, ii, 572 f.}, as Late Hebrew כִּנָּה, plural כִּנִּים=maggots, and especially lice) — absolute perhaps כֵּןIsaiah 51:6 (see below); plural כִּנִּיםExodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Psalm 105:31, כִּנִּםExodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14 has, also, כִּנָּם probably a mere Masoretic device for כִּנִּם (compare Di), on account of preceding וַתְּהִי (on which see Ges^{§ 145}. 4 Da^{Synt. § 116}); ⅏ has כנים throughout: — of Egyptian plague Exodus 8:12; Exodus 8:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 8:14 (twice in verse) (all P), hence Psalm 105:31; כְּמוֺכֵֿן יְמוּתוּןIsaiah 51:6like a gnatswarm (?) shall they die (compare Di Du; Weir Che read כנים, compare Buhl^{p. 355}; > Brd De like this).

Note. — Nö^{M 54} Ba^{NB § 15, ES 53} Buhl^{Ges HWB ed. 12} connect this word etymologically with Aramaic כלמתאvermin, Ba and Buhl also with Assyrian kalmatu, id. [Dl^{HWB 333}], and even with Aramaic קלמתא, , Arabic , etc., Ethiopic louse; but these connections, as well as that with Late Hebrew כְּנִימָה, all involving radical מ, are most improbable

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3654. כֵּן (ken) — 6 Occurrences

Exodus 8:16
HEB:הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה לְכִנִּ֖ם בְּכָל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: that it may become gnats through all
KJV: of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land
INT: of the earth may become gnats all the land

Exodus 8:17
HEB:הָאָ֔רֶץ וַתְּהִי֙ הַכִּנָּ֔ם בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה
NAS: of the earth, and there were gnats on man
KJV: of the earth, and it became lice in man,
INT: of the earth became were gnats man and beast

Exodus 8:17
HEB:הָאָ֛רֶץ הָיָ֥ה כִנִּ֖ים בְּכָל־ אֶ֥רֶץ
NAS: became gnats through all
KJV: of the land became lice throughout all the land
INT: of the earth became gnats all the land

Exodus 8:18
HEB:לְהוֹצִ֥יא אֶת־ הַכִּנִּ֖ים וְלֹ֣א יָכֹ֑לוּ
NAS: to bring forth gnats, but they could
KJV: to bring forth lice, but they could
INT: their secret to bring gnats not could

Exodus 8:18
HEB:יָכֹ֑לוּ וַתְּהִי֙ הַכִּנָּ֔ם בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃
NAS: but they could not; so there were gnats on man
KJV: but they could not: so there were lice upon man,
INT: could become were gnats man and beast

Psalm 105:31
HEB:וַיָּבֹ֣א עָרֹ֑ב כִּ֝נִּ֗ים בְּכָל־ גְּבוּלָֽם׃
NAS: a swarm of flies [And] gnats in all
KJV: divers sorts of flies, [and] lice in all their coasts.
INT: came A swarm gnats all their territory