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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 Box Job 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - So the LORD said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - "Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 - If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, 'What are you doing?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - "Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - "If I cry out, 'Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - "Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - "If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the LORD - that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - "If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature - let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts,while you were searching for words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - Now in this, you are not right - I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - "Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26 - "Yes, God is great - beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - "Indeed, I am completely unworthy - how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9 - (41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.
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