כֹּה
thus
also: here, in this manner fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adverb
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Every verse where H3541 appears in the Book of Isaiah — 51 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 7:7 כֹּ֥ה adv This is what the Lord Yahweh says: "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen."
- Isaiah 8:11 כֹ֨ה adv For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
- Isaiah 10:24 כֹּֽה adv Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 18:4 כֹ֨ה adv For thus has Yahweh said to me, I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
- Isaiah 20:6 כֹ֣ה adv The inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
- Isaiah 21:6 כֹ֥ה adv For thus has the Lord said to me, Go, set a watchman: let him declare what he sees:
- Isaiah 21:16 כֹ֛ה adv For thus has the Lord said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;
- Isaiah 22:15 כֹּ֥ה adv Thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, Go, get yourself to this treasurer, even to Shebna, who is over the house, [and say],
- Isaiah 24:13 כֹ֥ה adv For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
- Isaiah 28:16 כֹּ֤ה adv therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner -[stone] of sure foundation: he who believes shall not be in haste.
- Isaiah 29:22 כֹּֽה adv Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
- Isaiah 30:12 כֹּ֤ה adv Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
- Isaiah 30:15 כֹֽה adv For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. You would not:
- Isaiah 31:4 כֹ֣ה adv For thus says Yahweh to me, As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds are called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Yahweh of Hosts come down to fight on Mount Zion, and on the hill of it.
- Isaiah 36:4 כֹּֽה adv Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?
- Isaiah 36:14 כֹּ֚ה adv Thus says the king, Don't let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
- Isaiah 36:16 כֹ֨ה adv Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink you everyone the waters of his own cistern;
- Isaiah 37:3 כֹּ֚ה adv They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.
- Isaiah 37:6 כֹּ֥ה כֹּ֣ה adv adv Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
- Isaiah 37:10 כֹּ֣ה adv Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Don't let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:21 כֹּֽה adv Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
- Isaiah 37:33 כֹּֽה adv Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
- Isaiah 38:1 כֹּֽה adv In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.
- Isaiah 38:5 כֹּֽה adv Go, and tell Hezekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years.
- Isaiah 42:5 כֹּֽה adv Thus says God Yahweh, he who created the heavens, and stretched them forth; he who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it; he who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk therein:
- Isaiah 43:1 כֹּֽה adv But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: Don't be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
- Isaiah 43:14 כֹּֽה adv Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
- Isaiah 43:16 כֹּ֚ה adv Thus says Yahweh, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
- Isaiah 44:2 כֹּה adv Thus says Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you: Don't be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- Isaiah 44:6 כֹּֽה adv Thus says Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- Isaiah 44:24 כֹּֽה adv Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb: I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who stretches forth the heavens alone; who spreads abroad the earth (who is with me?);
- Isaiah 45:1 כֹּה adv Thus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:
- Isaiah 45:11 כֹּֽה adv Thus says Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: Ask me of the things that are to come; concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands, command you me.
- Isaiah 45:14 כֹּ֣ה adv Thus says Yahweh: "The labor of Egypt, and the merchandise of Ethiopia, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours. They shall go after you. In chains they shall come over; and they shall fall down to you. They shall make supplication to you: 'Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no other god.
- Isaiah 45:18 כֹ֣ה adv For thus says Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn't create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited: I am Yahweh; and there is no one else.
- Isaiah 48:17 כֹּֽה adv Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
- Isaiah 49:7 כֹּ֣ה adv Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
- Isaiah 49:8 כֹּ֣ה adv Thus says Yahweh, In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage:
- Isaiah 49:22 כֹּֽה adv Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and set up my ensign to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Isaiah 49:25 כֹ֣ה adv But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
- Isaiah 50:1 כֹּ֣ה adv Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
- Isaiah 51:22 כֹּֽה adv Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:
- Isaiah 52:3 כֹה֙ adv For thus says Yahweh, You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.
- Isaiah 52:4 כֹ֤ה adv For thus says the Lord Yahweh, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
- Isaiah 56:1 כֹּ֚ה adv Thus says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
- Isaiah 56:4 כֹ֣ה adv For thus says Yahweh of the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:
- Isaiah 57:15 כֹ֨ה adv For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isaiah 65:8 כֹּ֣ה adv Thus says Yahweh, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
- Isaiah 65:13 כֹּה adv Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
- Isaiah 66:1 כֹּ֚ה adv Thus says Yahweh, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
- Isaiah 66:12 כֹ֣ה adv For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and you shall suck [of it]; you shall be borne on the side, and shall be dandled on the knees.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew word כה centers on the idea of “thus.” Alongside “thus” the lexicon also lists “here” and “in this manner” — part of its full sense range. Spanning 541 verses in 26 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Jeremiah dominates its distribution — 159 of 541 verses. Debuting at Genesis 15:5, it then recurs through the corpus. Dig into 541-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3541 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 541
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 541 distinct verses.
- 26 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 26 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #86
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 86 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 541 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 541 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 479 verses · 89%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 37 verses · 7%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 25 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: So 4×, Here 3×, Manner 2×
- American Standard Version: Thus 4×, Here 3×, Manner 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Is what 452×, Thus 16×, This 13×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Thus 314×, This 135×, Is what 32×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3541 across 25 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3541 across 25 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3541 across 534 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 38 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3541 across 505 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. of manner, thus (so most freq., and usually pointing to what is to follow, while כֵּן points commonly to what has preceded), Gn 15:5 כה יהיה זרעך thus shall thy seed be, Nu 6:23 1 K 2:30 כֹּה דִבֶּר יוֹאָב וְכֹה עָנָנִי, 5:25 Is 24:13 (answered by כְּ, as Je 23:29); with a subst. Is 20:6 הִנֵּה כֹה מַבָּטֵנוּ, Je 9:21 (si vera l.), 23:29 1 S 27:11. Mostly confined to particular phrases: thus e.g. Genesis 15:5
- a. with diff. forms of אמר, כה תאמר thus shalt thou say Ex 3:14, 15; 19:3; 20:22 etc.; especially כה אמר י״י thus saith (or said) י׳ Ex 4:22; 5:1; 7:17, 26; 8:16 etc.; and continually in the prophets, as Is 7:7; 8:11; 18:4 etc.; Je 2:2, 5; 4:27; 6:16 etc.; also in the idiom. formula אִם כֹּה יֹאמַר if he say (or used to say) (the words spoken following) †Gn 31:8 1 S 14:9, 10; 20:7 2 S 15:26. e.g. Exodus 3:14
- b. with עשׂה to do thus, Ex 5:15 Dt 7:5; pointing back, Nu 22:30 Jos 6:14 1 S 27:11 al.; especially in the phrase כה יעשׂה אלהים וכה יוסיף (with variations), 1 S 3:17 + (v. יסף), in which כֹּה points to an imprecation understood but not expressed. With בְּ prefixed †1 K 22:20 ויאמר זה בְּכֹה וזה אמר בְּכֹה and one spake in this wise, and another spake in that wise (‖ 2 Ch 18:19 כָּכָה … כָּכָה; prob. rightly). e.g. Exodus 5:15
- 2. of place, here (rare, chiefly in E), Gn 31:37 שִׂים כֹּה place it here before my brethren, Nu 23:15(×2) 2 S 18:30 Ru 2:8. Repeated, Ex 2:12 וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה and he turned this way and that way; כֹּה … כֹּה on this side … on that side Nu 11:31. With עַד Gn 22:5 and we will go עַד־כֹּה as far as here (δεικτικῶς) i.e. yonder. e.g. Genesis 31:37
- 3. of time, עַד כֹּה hitherto, Ex 7:16 (cf. עַד־הֵנָּה), Jos 17:14; עַד־כֹּה וְעַד־כֹּה till now and till then, i.e. meanwhile, 1 K 18:45. e.g. Exodus 7:16
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
demonstr. adv. thus, here (BA כָּה; 𝔗 𝔖Jerus. Mand. כָּא here: in Syriac with prefixes ܠܟܳܐ hither, ܡܶܟܳܐ (𝔖Jerus. ܡܶܢ ܟܳܐ) hence, ܐܰܝܟܳܐ where? cf. אֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from הוא (hûwʼ) (H1931) — he.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
כָּא
- (b. h. כֹּה, v. preced.) adverb of place: here, v. הָכָא; of time: now. Targ. Gen. XXII, 5. Targ. Job XXXVIII, 11; a. fr.—Y. Ber. IV, 7ᶜ top וכא אמר הכין and here he says so? Ib. וכה; a. v. fr.—לְכָא hither; מִיכָּא from here. Targ. Josh. VIII, 20. Targ. Ex. XVII, 12; a. fr.—Y. Bets. V, 63ᵃ פצל … לכא ולכא skimmed the water in both directions. Y. B. Mets. VI, 11ᵃ top מיכא ללוד from here to Lydda; a. fr.—v. אִיכָּא, לִיכָּא &c.; כַּאַן, כַּן &c.
כֹּה
- (b. h.) here; thus. Gen. R. s. 56 (ref. to עד־כה, Gen. XXII, 5) נלך … בסופו של כה we shall go and see what will be the outcome of koh (the promise, ‘thus shall be thy seed’, Gen. XV, 5); Tanḥ. Vayera 23. e.g. Genesis 22:5
כָּה
- ch., v. כָּא
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 31 distinct written forms H3541 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּֽה | Adverb | Amos 5:16 | 161 |
| כֹּ֤ה | Adverb | Amos 3:11 | 80 |
| כֹּ֚ה | Adverb | Amos 1:3 | 66 |
| כֹּ֥ה | Adverb | Amos 4:12 | 64 |
| כֹּ֣ה | Adverb | Amos 7:7 | 50 |
| כֹּה | Adverb | Amos 7:17 | 33 |
| כֹ֣ה | Adverb | 2 Kings 3:17 | 19 |
| כֹּ֖ה | Adverb | Exodus 11:4 | 18 |
| וְ/כֹ֣ה | Adverb | 1 Kings 2:23 | 13 |
| כֹ֤ה | Adverb | Amos 5:3 | 11 |
| כֹ֨ה | Adverb | Ezekiel 14:21 | 11 |
| כֹ֥ה | Adverb | Amos 5:4 | 8 |
| כֹה֙ | Adverb | Amos 7:11 | 8 |
| וְ/כֹ֥ה | Adverb | 1 Kings 2:30 | 4 |
| כֹה֩ | Adverb | 1 Kings 11:31 | 4 |
| כֹּ֑ה | Adverb | Genesis 22:5 | 4 |
| כֹּה֮ | Adverb | Amos 3:12 | 4 |
| וְ/כֹֽה | Adverb | 2 Samuel 16:7 | 2 |
| כֹ֖ה | Adverb | Exodus 5:15 | 2 |
| כֹֽה | Adverb | Isaiah 30:15 | 2 |
| כֹּ֔ה | Adverb | Genesis 31:37 | 2 |
| כֹּ֗ה | Adverb | 1 Kings 18:45 | 2 |
| בְּ/כֹ֔ה | Adverb | 1 Kings 22:20 | 1 |
| בְּ/כֹֽה | Adverb | 1 Kings 22:20 | 1 |
| וְ/כֹ֖ה | Adverb | 2 Samuel 3:9 | 1 |
| וָ/כֹ֔ה | Adverb | Exodus 2:12 | 1 |
| כֹ֛ה | Adverb | Isaiah 21:16 | 1 |
| כֹ֧ה | Adverb | Jeremiah 23:29 | 1 |
| כֹּ֨ה | Adverb | 1 Samuel 14:10 | 1 |
| כֹּה֙ | Adverb | Exodus 2:12 | 1 |
| כֹּה֩ | Adverb | Ruth 1:17 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3541, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 506 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 541 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 15:5
- Exodus 2:12
- Numbers 6:23
- Deuteronomy 7:5
- Joshua 6:3
- Judges 6:8
- Ruth 1:17
- 1 Samuel 2:27
- 2 Samuel 3:9
- 1 Kings 2:23
- 2 Kings 1:4
- 1 Chronicles 17:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.