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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 317 times in 311 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (Job 2:6–Isa 29:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - So the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your [fn]power, only spare his life.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - ‘He puts no trust even H2005 in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - “Behold, H2005 this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “Lo, H2005 God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He [fn]support the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - “Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 - “Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - “Behold, H2005 He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He [fn]imprisons a man, and [fn]there can be no release.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - “Behold, H2005 He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He sends them out, and they [fn]inundate the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - “Behold, H2005 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 - “Though H2005 He slay me,
I will hope in Him.
Nevertheless I will argue my ways [fn]before Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - “Behold, H2005 He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - “Behold, H2005 I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - “Behold, H2005 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, H2005 I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you would wrong me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - “Behold, H2005 I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - “Behold, H2005 as wild donkeys in the wilderness
They go forth seeking food in their activity,
As [fn]bread for their children in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - “If H2005 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, H2005 these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - “Behold, H2005 all of you have seen it;
Why then do you [fn]act foolishly?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - “And to man He said, ‘Behold, H2005 the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And 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, H2005 here H2005 is my [fn]signature;
Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my adversary has written,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - “Behold, H2005 I waited for your words,
I listened to your reasonings,
While you [fn]pondered what to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - “Behold, H2005 I belong to God like you;
I too have been [fn]formed out of the clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - ‘Behold, H2005 He [fn]invents pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - “Behold, H2005 let me [fn]tell you, you are not right in this,
For God is greater than man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - “Behold, H2005 God does all these [fn]oftentimes with men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - “Behold, H2005 God is mighty but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - “Behold, H2005 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, H2005 God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - “Behold, H2005 He spreads His [fn]lightning about Him,
And He covers the depths 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
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - “Behold, H2005 I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - “If H2005 a river [fn]rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9 - “[fn]Behold, H2005 [fn]your expectation is false;
Will [fn]you be laid low even at the sight of him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, H2005 I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, H2005 You desire truth in the [fn]innermost being,
And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - To Him who rides upon the [fn]highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, H2005 He [fn]speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20

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 provide [fn]meat for His people?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 - [fn]Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, H2005 O LORD, You know it all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in [fn]Sheol, behold, You are there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 - If H2005 the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If you say, “See, H2005 we did not know this,”
Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts?
And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not [fn]render to man according to his work?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - “[fn][fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,
[fn]How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - “[fn][fn]How handsome you are, my beloved,
And so pleasant!
Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - “[fn][fn]How beautiful you are, my darling,
[fn]How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:8

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!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Behold, H2005 the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people which was not; Assyria appointed it for desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - Therefore thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14

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 concealed.”

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