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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 - The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Surely its life withers away, and[fn] from the soil other plants grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - When he passes me, I cannot see him; when 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 stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - “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 - Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely[fn] 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 - “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - “I know full well 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 - “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food 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 in his eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - You have all seen this yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - I waited while you spoke, I listened to your reasoning; while you were searching for words,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - I am the same as you in God’s sight; I too am a piece of clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Yet God has found fault with me; he considers me his enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - “But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than any mortal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - “God does all these things to a person— twice, even three times—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - “God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - “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 - How great is God—beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - “I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - A raging river does not alarm it; it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9 - Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering.
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