אַךְ ʼak

Meaning

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

In the King James Version: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, [phrase] wherefore, yet (but).

Derivation: akin to H403 (אָכֵן);

Where it is used

• 1 Samuel 25:21 Now David had just said, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
• 1 Samuel 29:9 Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
• 2 Samuel 2:10 Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
• 2 Samuel 3:13 “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
• 2 Samuel 23:10 but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
• 1 Kings 9:24 As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter had come up from the City of David to the palace that Solomon had built for her, he built the supporting terraces.
• 1 Kings 11:12 Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
• 1 Kings 11:39 Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
• 1 Kings 17:13 “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
• 1 Kings 22:32 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.
• 1 Kings 22:43 And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
• 2 Kings 5:7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
• 2 Kings 12:13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 13:6 Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
• 2 Kings 18:20 You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
• 2 Kings 22:7 But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
• 2 Kings 23:9 Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
• 2 Kings 23:26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
• 2 Kings 23:35 So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
• 2 Kings 24:3 Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,
• 1 Chronicles 22:12 Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
• 2 Chronicles 20:33 The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their fathers.
• 2 Chronicles 30:11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
• Ezra 10:15 (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
• Job 2:6 “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
• Job 13:15 Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Job 13:20 Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
• Job 14:22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
• Job 16:7 Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
• Job 18:21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
• Job 19:13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
• Job 23:6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
• Job 30:24 Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.
• Job 33:8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:
• Job 35:13 Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
• Psalms 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
• Psalms 37:8 Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.
• Psalms 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
• Psalms 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
• Psalms 39:11 You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
• Psalms 49:15 But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
• Psalms 58:11 Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
• Psalms 62:1 For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.
• Psalms 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
• Psalms 62:4 They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah
• Psalms 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
• Psalms 62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
• Psalms 62:9 Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
• Psalms 68:6 God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
• Psalms 68:21 Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
• Psalms 73:1 A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
• Psalms 73:13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
• Psalms 73:18 Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• Psalms 75:8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
• Psalms 85:9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
• Psalms 139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
• Psalms 140:13 Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
• Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
• Proverbs 11:24 One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
• Proverbs 14:23 There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.