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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 4 / 7 (Isa 32:1–Jer 12:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:1 -

Behold H2005, a king will reign righteously

And princes will rule justly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:7 -

Behold H2005, their brave men cry in [fn]the streets;

The messengers of peace weep bitterly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:7 - “Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a report and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - “Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your [fn]life.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - “Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps.” So the sun’s shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 -

Behold H2005, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,

And are counted as a speck of dust on the scales;

Behold H2005, He lifts up the coastlands like fine dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:11 -

“Behold H2005, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;

Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:24 -

Behold H2005, you are nothing,

And your work is non-existent;

He who chooses you is an abomination.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:27 -

“Formerly I said to Zion, ‘Behold, here they are.’

And to Jerusalem, ‘I will give a messenger of good news.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 -

“Behold H2005, all of them are [fn]false;

Their works are non-existent;

Their molten images are wind and utter formlessness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:1 -

“Behold H2005, My Servant, whom I [fn]uphold;

My chosen one in whom My soul is well-pleased.

I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the [fn]nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 -

“Behold, I will do something new;

Now it will spring forth;

Will you not know it?

I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,

Rivers in the wasteland.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold H2005, all his companions will be put to shame. The craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them be in dread, let them together be put to shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:16 -

“Behold H2005, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;

Your walls are continually before Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 -

“Then you will say in your heart,

‘Who has borne these for me?

Indeed, I have been bereaved of my children

And am barren, an exile and a wanderer.

And who has reared these?

Behold H2005, I remained alone;

[fn]From where did these come?’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“Where is the certificate of divorce

By which I have sent your mother away?

Or to which of My creditors did I sell you?

Behold H2005, you were sold for your iniquities,

And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 -

“Why was there no man when I came?

When I called, why was there none to answer?

Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Behold H2005, I dry up the sea with My rebuke;

I make the rivers a wilderness;

Their fish stink for lack of water

And die of thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:9 -

Behold H2005, Lord Yahweh helps Me;

Who is he who condemns Me?

Behold H2005, they will all wear out like a garment;

The moth will eat them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 -

Behold H2005, all you who kindle a fire,

Who gird yourselves with firebrands,

Walk in the light of your fire

And among the brands you have set ablaze.

This you will have from My hand:

You will lie down in torment.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:6 - “Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:15 -

“If H2005 anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me.

Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Behold H2005, I Myself have created the craftsman who blows the fire of coals

And brings out a weapon for its work;

And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4 -

“Behold H2005, I have given him as a witness to the peoples,

A ruler and commander for the peoples.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5 -

“Behold H2005, you will call a nation you do not know,

And a nation which knows you not will run to you,

Because of Yahweh your God, even the Holy One of Israel;

For He has adorned you with beautiful glory.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 -

Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh say,

“Yahweh will surely separate me from His people.”

Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold H2005, I am a dry tree.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 -

‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?

Why have we afflicted our souls and You do not know?’

Behold H2005, on the day of your fast you find your desire,

And oppress all your workers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 -

“Behold H2005, you fast for contention and quarreling and to strike with a wicked fist.

You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 -

“Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer;

You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you remove the [fn]yoke from your midst,

The [fn]pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:1 -

Behold H2005, the hand of Yahweh is not so short

That it cannot save;

Nor is His ear so [fn]dull

That it cannot hear.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:5 -

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,

Who remembers You in Your ways.

Behold H2005, You were angry; indeed we have sinned

We continued in them a long time

And shall we be saved?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:9 -

Do not be angry beyond measure, O Yahweh,

Nor remember iniquity forever;

Behold H2005, look now, all of us are Your people.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:1 -

“I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me;

I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me.

I said, ‘Here am I, here am I,’

To a nation which did not call on My name.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:17 -

“For behold, I am creating a new heavens and a new earth;

And the former things will not be remembered or come upon the heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:18 -

“But be joyful and rejoice forever in what I create;

For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing

And her people for joy.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:12 -

For thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I stretch out peace to her like a river,

And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;

And you will [fn]be nursed; you will be carried on the [fn]hip and played with on the knees.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares Yahweh; “and they will come, and each one of them will put his throne at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 -

“For cross to the coastlands of [fn]Kittim and see,

And send to Kedar and perceive closely

And see if H2005 there has been such a thing as this!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 -

Yet you said, ‘I am innocent;

Surely His anger is turned away from me.’

Behold, I will enter into judgment with you

Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:1 -

God [fn]says, “If H2005 a husband divorces his wife

And she goes from him

And belongs to another man,

Will he still return to her?

Will not that land be completely [fn]polluted?

But you are a harlot with many [fn]lovers;

Yet you turn to Me,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:22 -

[fn]“Return, O faithless sons;

I will heal your faithlessness.”

“Behold, we come to You,

For You are Yahweh our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:14 -

Therefore, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts,

“Because you have spoken this word,

Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire

And this people wood, and it will devour them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:15 -

“Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh.

“It is an enduring nation;

It is an ancient nation,

A nation whose tongue you do not know,

Nor can you [fn]understand what they say.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 -

Therefore, thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, I am [fn]laying stumbling blocks before this people.

And they will stumble against them,

Fathers and sons together;

Neighbor and [fn]friend will perish.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:17 -

“For behold, I am sending serpents against you,

Vipers, for which there is no charm,

And they will bite you,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:7 -

Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Behold, I will refine them and test them;

For what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them [fn]poisoned water to drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:18 - For thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land

At this time,

And will cause them distress,

That they may find it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:11 - Therefore thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am bringing calamity on them which they will not be able to get out of; and they will cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Behold, I am about to punish them! The choice men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:14 -

Thus says Yahweh concerning all My evil neighbors who beat at the inheritance with which I have caused My people Israel to inherit, “Behold, I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them.


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