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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 (הֶןֿ † Numbers 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

H2005

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2005 matches the Hebrew הֵן (hēn),
which occurs 38 times in 38 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the supply[fn] of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I, am against you. And I will execute judgments[fn] in your midst in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations that they commit here, that they should fill the land with violence and provoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their[fn] nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will let the souls whom you hunt go free, the souls like birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - But behold, some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; behold, when they come out to you, and you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4 - Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - Say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the LORD: Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:22 - Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will stir up against you your lovers from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28 - “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - “Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - therefore behold, I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - therefore, behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar[fn] king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
and defile your splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22 - and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
and I will manifest my glory in your midst.
And they shall know that I am the LORD
when I execute judgments in her
and manifest my holiness in her;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, behold, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off its wealth[fn] and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays[fn] well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep. No longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. I will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - “For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and male goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - and say to it, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered the reproach of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9 - For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3 - and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech[fn] and Tubal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - “And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech[fn] and Tubal.
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