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Lexicon :: Strong's H2005 - hēn

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הֵן
Transliteration
hēn
Pronunciation
hane
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Part of Speech
hypothetical participle, interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive particle
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 510

Strong’s Definitions

הֵן hên, hane; a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if:—behold, if, lo, though.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2005 in the following manner: lo, behold, if, or if, though.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2005 in the following manner: lo, behold, if, or if, though.
interjection
  1. behold, lo, though

    hypothetical participle
  2. if

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵן hên, hane; a primitive particle; lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if:—behold, if, lo, though.
STRONGS H2005: Abbreviations
II. הֵן 100 (הֶןֿNumbers 23:9, 24; Job 8:19, 20; 13:1; 26:14; 33:6, 12, 29; 36:5, 22, 26; הֵןֿ Job 13:15; 36:30; 41:1 [Job 41:9] +) demonstrative adverb or interjection lo! behold (on etymology see הִנֵּה), less widely used than הִנֵּה, and in prose mostly confined to calling attention to some fact upon which action is to be taken, or a conclusion based;
a. Genesis 3:22 הֵן הָאָדָם הָיָה behold the man is become as one of us, & now lest, etc., Genesis 4:14 behold, thou hast driven me forth etc., Genesis 11:6; 15:3; 19:34; 27:11; 29:7; 30:34 (nearly = yea), Exodus 5:5; 6:12, 30; Leviticus 10:18, 19; Numbers 17:27; Deuteronomy 5:21 (in prose only in Pentateuch (23 times) and Ezekiel 18:4 in this usage); in poetry, used more freely, but chiefly in Isa2 & Job, — Numbers 23:9, 24 (Balaam) Isaiah 23:13; 32:1; 33:7; Psalm 51:7; 51:8; 68:34; 78:20; 139:4; Proverbs 11:31 (stating the premiss to a conclusion introduced by אַף כִּי, q. v.), Proverbs 24:12: elsewhere (except in senses b, c) only in Isaiah 2 (23 times) & Job (31 times), as Isaiah 40:15 (twice in verse); Isaiah 41:11, 24, 29; 50:1, 2, 9 (twice in verse); Isaiah 50:11; Job 4:18; 15:15; 25:5 (in these three passages before אַף or אַף כִּי), Job 9:1, 12 etc. (see above).
†b. as a hypothetical particle, propounding a possibility, if (so Late Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, Mandean, Palmyrene (ZMG 1888, 404); on the contrary Syriac NAe , Palestinian Targum אִין, also Palmyrene (ib. p. 415), Arabic إِنْ with א), a special application or development of the use a: Exodus 4:1 והן לא יאמינו לי and behold)= and suppose) they will not believe me ? etc., Leviticus 25:20 and if (וְכִי) ye say, What shall we eat the 7th year ? הֵן לֹא נִזְרַע behold, we shall not sow etc. (i.e. supposing we do not sow), Isaiah 54:15; Job 40:23; 2 Chronicles 7:13 (twice in verse))2 Chronicles 7:13b וְאִם); stating the ground on which a question is based, Exodus 8:22 (וְלֹא = הֲלֹא), Jeremiah 3:1; Haggai 2:12 (see H2006 הֵן Aramaic b).
†c. if, whether, in an indirect question, Jeremiah 2:10 רְאוּ הֵן הָֽיְתָה כָּזֹאת (but Gr הֲנִהְיְתָה); compare H518 אִם 2b, and H2006 הֵן Aramaic 3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:22; 4:14; 11:6; 15:3; 19:34; 27:11; 29:7; 30:34

Exodus

4:1; 5:5; 6:12; 6:30; 8:22

Leviticus

10:18; 10:19; 25:20

Numbers

23:9; 23:9; 23:24; 23:24

Deuteronomy

5:21

2 Chronicles

7:13; 7:13

Job

4:18; 8:19; 8:20; 9:1; 9:12; 13:1; 13:15; 15:15; 25:5; 26:14; 33:6; 33:12; 33:29; 36:5; 36:22; 36:26; 36:30; 40:23; 41:9

Psalms

51:7; 51:8; 68:34; 78:20; 139:4

Proverbs

11:31; 24:12

Isaiah

2; 23:13; 32:1; 33:7; 40:15; 41:11; 41:24; 41:29; 50:1; 50:2; 50:9; 50:11; 54:15

Jeremiah

2:10; 3:1

Ezekiel

18:4

Haggai

2:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2005 matches the Hebrew הֵן (hēn),
which occurs 318 times in 311 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (Job 2:6–Isa 29:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - So Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, only spare his life.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 -

‘He puts no trust even H2005 in His slaves;

And against His angels He charges error.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 -

“Behold H2005, this is the joy of [fn]His way;

And out of the dust others will spring.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 -

“Behold H2005, God will not reject a blameless man,

Nor will He strengthen the hand of the evildoers.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 -

“Were He to sweep by me, I would not see Him;

Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 -

“Were He to snatch away, who could turn Him back?

Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 -

“Behold H2005, He pulls down, and it cannot be rebuilt;

He closes a man in, and it cannot be opened.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 -

“Behold H2005, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;

And He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 -

“Behold H2005, my eye has seen all this;

My ear has heard and understood it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 -

[fn]Though H2005 He slay me,

I will hope in Him.

Nevertheless I will argue my ways [fn]before Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 -

“Behold H2005, He puts no faith in His holy ones,

And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 -

“Behold H2005, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;

I shout for help, but there is no justice.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 -

“Behold H2005, their prosperity is not in their hand;

The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 -

“Behold H2005, I know your thoughts,

And the plans by which you do violence against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 -

“Behold H2005, I go forward but He is not there,

And backward, but I cannot discern Him;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 -

“Behold H2005, as wild donkeys in the wilderness

They go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,

The desert becomes [fn]for him a place of bread for his young ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 -

“Behold H2005 even the moon has no brightness,

And the stars are not pure in His sight;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 -

“Behold H2005, these are the fringes of His ways;

And how only with a whisper of a word do we hear of Him!

But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 -

“Behold H2005, all of you have seen it;

Why then do you speak with utter vanity?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 -

“So He said to man, ‘Behold H2005, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;

And to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 -

“Oh that I had one to hear me!

Behold H2005, here H2005 is my [fn]signature;

Let the Almighty answer me!

And the indictment which my accuser has written,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 -

“Behold H2005, I waited for your words,

I gave ear to your reasonings,

While you searched out what to say.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 -

“Behold H2005, I belong to God like you;

I too have been [fn]formed out of the clay.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 -

‘Behold H2005, He finds reasons for opposition against me;

He counts me as His enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 -

“Behold H2005, let me answer you; you are not right in this,

For God is greater than mortal man.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 -

“Behold H2005, God does all these things twice, three times with men,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 -

“Behold H2005, God is mighty but does not reject;

He is mighty in the power of His heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 -

“Behold H2005, God is exalted in His power;

Who is a teacher like Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26 -

“Behold H2005, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;

The number of His years is unsearchable.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 -

“Behold H2005, He spreads His [fn]lightning about Him,

And He covers the depths of the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 -

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go

And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 -

“Behold H2005, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You?

I place my hand over my mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 -

“If H2005 a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;

It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9 -

[fn]Behold H2005, [fn]his expectation is a lie;

Will [fn]he be laid low even at the sight of it?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 -

Behold H2005, I was brought forth in iniquity,

And in sin my mother conceived me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 -

Behold H2005, You delight in truth in the [fn]innermost being,

And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 -

To Him who rides upon the [fn]highest heavens, which are from ancient times;

Behold H2005, He gives forth His voice, a voice that is strong.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 -

“Behold H2005, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,

And streams were overflowing;

Can He give bread also?

Will He prepare [fn]meat for His people?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 -

[fn]Even before there is a word on my tongue,

Behold H2005, O Yahweh, You know it all.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 -

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 -

If H2005 the righteous will be repaid in the earth,

How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 -

If you say, “Behold H2005, we did not know this,”

Does not He who weighs the hearts understand?

And does not He who guards your soul know?

And will not He [fn]render to man according to his work?

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 -

[fn]Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,

Behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 -

[fn]Behold, you are handsome, my beloved,

Indeed, so pleasant!

Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 -

[fn]Behold, you are beautiful, my darling,

Behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;

Your hair is like a flock of goats

That have leapt down from Mount Gilead.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:8 - Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 -

Behold, I am going to awaken the Medes against them,

Who will not think about silver or take pleasure in gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 -

Behold H2005, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people which was not; Assyria established it for desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 -

Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,

A costly cornerstone for the foundation, [fn]firmly placed.

He who believes in it will not be [fn]disturbed.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 -

Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous;

And the wisdom of their wise men will perish,

And the discernment of their discerning men will be hidden.”


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