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Strong's H389 אַךְ (ak)

ak - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G389 — anastenazo (“sigh deeply”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H389
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 157
Books 25

Strong's H389 Quick Answer

Strong's H389 אַך (ak) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ak (ak) adv. 1. a particle of affirmation, surely 2. hence (by limitation) only It has 157 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include only, surely, also, and any. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ak (ak) adv. 1. a particle of affirmation, surely 2. hence (by limitation) only
Usage
157 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
only, surely, also, and any

Meaning and Definition

ak (ak) adv. 1. a particle of affirmation, surely 2. hence (by limitation) only [akin to H403] KJV: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, + wherefore, yet (but). Root(s): H403

Original Word
אַך
Transliteration
ak
Derivation
First root strongs: 403
Morphology
adverb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H389. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H389 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ak, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

only Genesis 7:23 32× Surely Genesis 29:14 21× also Exodus 31:13 any 2 Kings 12:13

How Strong's H389 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 157 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H389 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H389 in the Old Testament

157 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 7:23 KJV

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Genesis 9:4 KJV

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Genesis 9:5 KJV

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H389.

Genesis 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Genesis 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Genesis 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Genesis 18:32 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Genesis 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Genesis 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Genesis 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
Genesis 27:30 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Genesis 29:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
Genesis 34:15 Old Testament, KJV
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
Genesis 34:22 Old Testament, KJV
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
Genesis 34:23 Old Testament, KJV
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Genesis 44:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
Exodus 10:17 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
Exodus 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Exodus 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
Exodus 31:13 Old Testament, KJV
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Leviticus 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus 11:21 Old Testament, KJV
Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
Leviticus 11:36 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
Leviticus 21:23 Old Testament, KJV
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Leviticus 23:27 Old Testament, KJV
Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 23:39 Old Testament, KJV
Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Leviticus 27:26 Old Testament, KJV
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
Leviticus 27:28 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
Numbers 1:49 Old Testament, KJV
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
Numbers 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
Numbers 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
Numbers 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
Numbers 18:15 Old Testament, KJV
Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Numbers 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers 22:20 Old Testament, KJV
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Numbers 26:55 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Numbers 31:22 Old Testament, KJV
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Numbers 31:23 Old Testament, KJV
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
Numbers 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
Deuteronomy 12:22 Old Testament, KJV
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
Deuteronomy 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
Deuteronomy 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Deuteronomy 18:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Deuteronomy 28:29 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
Joshua 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
Joshua 22:19 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
Judges 3:24 Old Testament, KJV
When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
Judges 6:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
Judges 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
Judges 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
Judges 16:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges 20:39 Old Testament, KJV
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, 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.
1 Samuel 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
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 abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1 Samuel 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Samuel 12:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
1 Samuel 12:24 Old Testament, KJV
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
1 Samuel 16:6 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
1 Samuel 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
1 Samuel 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
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 mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1 Samuel 20:39 Old Testament, KJV
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
1 Samuel 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
1 Samuel 25:21 Old Testament, KJV
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 requited me evil for good.
1 Samuel 29:9 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Samuel 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
2 Samuel 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Samuel 23:10 Old Testament, KJV
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
1 Kings 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 11:39 Old Testament, KJV
And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
1 Kings 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
1 Kings 22:32 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Kings 22:43 Old Testament, KJV
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
2 Kings 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
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? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
2 Kings 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
2 Kings 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
2 Kings 18:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
2 Kings 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
2 Kings 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
2 Kings 23:26 Old Testament, KJV
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
2 Kings 23:35 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
2 Kings 24:3 Old Testament, KJV
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
1 Chronicles 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
2 Chronicles 20:33 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
Ezra 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
Job 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Job 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Job 13:20 Old Testament, KJV
Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
Job 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Job 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Job 18:21 Old Testament, KJV
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
Job 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Job 30:24 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
Job 33:8 Old Testament, KJV
Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job 35:13 Old Testament, KJV
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Psalms 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Psalms 37:8 Old Testament, KJV
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Psalms 39:5 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 39:6 Old Testament, KJV
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39:11 Old Testament, KJV
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 49:15 Old Testament, KJV
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
Psalms 58:11 Old Testament, KJV
So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Psalms 62:1 Old Testament, KJV
Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.
Psalms 62:2 Old Testament, KJV
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalms 62:4 Old Testament, KJV
They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
Psalms 62:5 Old Testament, KJV
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
Psalms 62:6 Old Testament, KJV
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
Psalms 62:9 Old Testament, KJV
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms 68:6 Old Testament, KJV
God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psalms 68:21 Old Testament, KJV
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Psalms 73:1 Old Testament, KJV
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Psalms 73:13 Old Testament, KJV
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psalms 73:18 Old Testament, KJV
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psalms 75:8 Old Testament, KJV
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms 85:9 Old Testament, KJV
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalms 139:11 Old Testament, KJV
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psalms 140:13 Old Testament, KJV
Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Proverbs 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Proverbs 14:23 Old Testament, KJV
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H389, grouped by book.

Genesis 14 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 8 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 11 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 5 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 11 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 11 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 22 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 14 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H389 FAQ

What does ak (אַךְ) mean?

Strong's H389 is a Hebrew entry for H389 אַך (ak). ak (ak) adv. 1. a particle of affirmation, surely 2. hence (by limitation) only

How many times is ak (אַךְ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 157 linked usages for Strong's H389 across 25 books.

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What English words translate ak (אַךְ)?

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