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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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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)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 - Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Though H2005 he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26 - Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 - Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 - For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 - Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:8 - Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

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