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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 - And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - If He puts 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 - “Behold, this is the joy of His way,
And out of the earth others will grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Behold, God will not cast away the blameless,
Nor will He uphold the evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 - If He takes away, who can hinder 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 - If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt;
If He imprisons a man, there can be no release.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - If He withholds the waters, they dry up;
If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 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 Box Job 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.
Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - “If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Indeed their prosperity 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 - “Look, I know your thoughts,
And the schemes with which you would wrong me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - “Look, 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 - Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields 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 does not shine,
And the stars are not pure in His sight,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways,
And how small a whisper we hear 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 - Surely all of you have seen it;
Why then do you behave with complete nonsense?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And to 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 I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, that the Almighty would answer me,
That my Prosecutor had written a book!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - Indeed I waited for your words,
I listened to your reasonings, while you searched out what to say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Truly I am as your spokesman[fn] before God;
I also have been formed out of clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Yet He finds occasions against me,
He counts me as His enemy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - “Look, in this you are not righteous.
I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - “Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - “Behold, God is exalted by His power;
Who teaches like Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26 - “Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him;
Nor can the number of His years be discovered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Look, He scatters His light upon it,
And covers the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you send out lightnings, that they may go,
And say to you, ‘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 You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Indeed the river may rage,
Yet he is not disturbed;
He is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9 - Indeed, any hope of overcoming him is false;
Shall one not be overwhelmed at the sight of him?
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