Strong's Definition
akin to 403; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
KJV Usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, + wherefore, yet (but)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אַךְ (akh) — surely. 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adv
Restrictors | ≈ רַק | ≠ גַּם
only, just, mere = particle marking an element as representing a limited number of entities
GEN 7:23 · GEN 9:4 · GEN 9:5 · GEN 18:32 · GEN 34:15 · GEN 34:22 · EXO 10:17 · EXO 12:16 · LEV 11:4 · LEV 11:21 · LEV 11:36 · LEV 21:23 · LEV 27:26 · LEV 27:28 · NUM 1:49 · NUM 12:2 · NUM 18:3 · NUM 18:15 · NUM 18:17 · NUM 22:20 · NUM 31:22 · NUM 36:6 · DEU 14:7 · JDG 6:39 · JDG 16:28 · 1SA 18:8 · 1SA 20:39 · 1SA 21:5 · 2SA 2:10 · 2SA 3:13 · 2SA 23:10 · 1KI 11:12 · 1KI 11:39 · 1KI 22:44 · 2CH 20:33 · 2CH 30:11 · EZR 10:15 · JOB 13:15 · JOB 13:20 · JOB 14:22 · PSA 62:2 · PSA 62:3 · PSA 62:6 · PSA 62:7 · ISA 45:14 · ISA 45:24 · JER 5:4 · JER 10:24 · LAM 3:3 · EZK 46:17
Affirmers | ≈ אִם · הִנֵּה · כִּי · רַק
surely = particle limiting the focus to one element and so enhancing its truth value
GEN 26:9 · GEN 29:14 · GEN 44:28 · EXO 12:15 · EXO 31:13 · LEV 23:27 · LEV 23:39 · JDG 3:24 · JDG 20:39 · 1SA 16:6 · 1KI 22:32 · 2KI 5:7 · 2KI 18:20 · JOB 16:7 · JOB 18:21 · JOB 23:6 · JOB 30:24 · JOB 33:8 · JOB 35:13 · PSA 23:6 · PSA 58:12 · PSA 58:12 · PSA 75:9 · PSA 139:11 · PSA 140:14 · ISA 34:14 · ISA 34:15 · ISA 36:5 · ISA 63:8 · JER 2:35 · JER 10:19 · LAM 2:16 · HOS 12:9 · ZEP 3:7
Contrastors | ≈ רַק
but = particle marking an element as contrastive, and so limiting the scope or impact of what was stated before
GEN 20:12 · DEU 18:20 · JOS 3:4 · 1SA 12:20 · 1SA 29:9 · 2KI 12:14 · 2KI 13:6 · 2KI 22:7 · 2KI 23:9 · 2KI 23:26 · 2KI 23:35 · PSA 49:16 · PSA 68:7 · PSA 68:22 · ISA 14:15 · ISA 43:24 · JER 5:5 · JER 12:1 · JER 26:24 · JER 28:7 · JER 30:11 · JER 34:4 · HOS 4:4 · JON 2:5 · ZEC 1:6
Identifiers | ≈ רַק
nothing but, abundantly, utterly = particle marking an element as prominent, as if limiting the focus to a restricted number of entities
DEU 16:15 · DEU 28:29 · 1SA 25:21 · 2KI 24:3 · JOB 19:13 · PSA 23:6 · PSA 37:8 · PSA 39:6 · PSA 39:7 · PSA 39:7 · PSA 39:12 · PSA 62:5 · PSA 62:10 · PSA 73:1 · PSA 73:13 · PSA 73:18 · PSA 85:10 · PRO 11:23 · PRO 11:24 · PRO 14:23 · PRO 17:11 · PRO 21:5 · PRO 21:5 · PRO 22:16 · ISA 16:7 · ISA 19:11 · JER 16:19 · JER 32:30 · JER 32:30 · HOS 12:12 · ZEP 1:18
Stipulators | ≈ רַק
if only = particle marking an event as a condition, and so limiting the scope or impact of what was stated before by making it dependent on another event
GEN 23:13 · GEN 27:13 · GEN 34:23 · EXO 21:21 · NUM 14:9 · NUM 26:55 · NUM 31:23 · DEU 12:22 · JOS 22:19 · JDG 10:15 · 1SA 1:23 · 1SA 8:9 · 1SA 12:24 · 1SA 18:17 · 1KI 17:13 · 1CH 22:12 · JOB 2:6 · JER 3:13 · JER 26:15
1 JOB 13:15 NJB | RSV NJPS ESV "yet" NRSV "but" REB "still" | NIV "surely" 2 JON 2:5 MT HOTTP-B NIV | RSV NJPS NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV אֵיךְ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַךְ 159 adv. 1. surely. 2. with a restrictive force, emphasizing what follows base