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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
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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 34 times in 34 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - The LORD said to Hasatan, "Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Behold, this is the joy of his way: Out of the eretz shall others spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 - Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones; Yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - "Behold, I know your thoughts, The devices with which you would wrong me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - "If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can't find him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - Behold, even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; Why then have you become altogether vain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - "Behold, I waited for your words, And I listened for your reasoning, While you searched out what to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Behold, he finds occasions against me, He counts me for his enemy:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - "Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - "Behold, God works all these things, Twice, yes three times, with a man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - Behold, God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26 - Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Behold, he spreads his light around him. He covers the bottom of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - "Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Yarden swells even to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9 - Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
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