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Lexicon :: Strong's H2008 - hēnnâ

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הֵנָּה
Transliteration
hēnnâ
Pronunciation
hane'-naw
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 510b

Strong’s Definitions

הֵנָּה hênnâh, hane'-naw; from H2004; hither or thither (but used both of place and time):—here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, since, this (that) way, thitherward, thus far, to...fro, yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H2008 in the following manner: hither, here, now, way, to...fro, since, hitherto, thus far.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H2008 in the following manner: hither, here, now, way, to...fro, since, hitherto, thus far.

  1. here, there, now, hither

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵנָּה hênnâh, hane'-naw; from H2004; hither or thither (but used both of place and time):—here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, since, this (that) way, thitherward, thus far, to...fro, yet.
STRONGS H2008: Abbreviations
I. הֵ֫נָּה 49 adverb hither (perhaps from II. הֵן, used δεικτικῶς, with ה —lo hitherwards! or perhaps akin to هُنَا, هَنَّا, هِنَّا here) —
a. of place:
(α) hither Genesis 15:16 יָשׁוּבוּ הֵנָּךְ, Genesis 42:15; Genesis 45:5 that you have sold me הֵנָּה hither, Genesis 45:8; Genesis 45:13; Joshua 2:2; Joshua 3:9; Joshua 18:6; 2 Samuel 1:10; Isaiah 57:3 וְאַתֶּם קִרְבוּ הֵנָּה, Jeremiah 31:8; Jeremiah 51:5 +; 1 Samuel 20:21 מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּךְ from thee and hitherwards, i.e. on this side of thee (opposed to מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְאָה): repeated 2 Kings 4:35 אַחַת הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה once hither and once thither = once to and fro; הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה hither and thither i.e. in different (or opposite) directions, † Joshua 8:20; 2 Kings 2:8, 14; 1 Kings 20:40 strangely וַיְהִי עַבְדְּךָ עשֵֹׁה הֵנָּח וָהֵנָּה literally and thy servant was a doer of hitherwards and thitherwards, i.e. was engaged in different directions (Ew§ 360, c treats ה׳ here as the pronoun 3rd person plural feminine construed irregularly, compare עשֵֹׁה אֵלֶּה : but read probably with Greek Version of the LXX Targum Syriac Version Vulgate Th Klo פֹּנֶה was turning or looking (Exodus 2:12) for עשֵֹׁךְ); עַדהֵֿנָּה even hither, Numbers 14:19; 1 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 20:16 קְרַב עַדהֵֿנָּה, 2 Kings 8:7, to this point (in a book) Jeremiah 48:47; Jeremiah 51:64 (note of compiler or scribe).
(β) here (compare שָׁמָּה = there) Genesis 21:23 swear to me הֵנָּה here, Daniel 12:5 ֗֗֗ הֵנָּה לְ׳ חֵנָּה לְ׳ on this side of... on that side of...
†b. of time, in עַד הֵנָּה hitherto Genesis 15:16 (with a negative, = not yet) Genesis 44:28; Judges 16:13; Psalm 71:17 & until now do I keep declaring thy wonders, 1 Chronicles 9:18; 1 Chronicles 12:9 until now (the point reached in the narrative). In late Hebrew, contracted to עֲדֶ֫נָה hitherto, still † Ecclesiastes 4:2, עֲדֶן † Ecclesiastes 4:3 אֲשֶׁר עֲדֶן לֹא הָיָה = who has not yet been (compare Mishna עֲדַיִן hitherto, still, עֲדַיִן לֹא = not yet).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:16; 15:16; 21:23; 42:15; 44:28; 45:5; 45:8; 45:13

Exodus

2:12

Numbers

14:19

Joshua

2:2; 3:9; 8:20; 18:6

Judges

16:13

1 Samuel

7:12; 20:21

2 Samuel

1:10; 20:16

1 Kings

20:40

2 Kings

2:8; 2:14; 4:35; 8:7

1 Chronicles

9:18; 12:9

Psalms

71:17

Ecclesiastes

4:2; 4:3

Isaiah

57:3

Jeremiah

31:8; 48:47; 51:5; 51:64

Daniel

12:5

H2008

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Strong's Number H2008 matches the Hebrew הֵנָּה (hēnnâ),
which occurs 50 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - “Swear to me in God’s name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:15 - This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:28 - and one of them went away and never returned. Doubtless he was torn to pieces by some wild animal. I have never seen him since.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser[fn] to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:13 - Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen, and then bring my father here quickly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - But someone told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:9 - So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come and listen to what the LORD your God says.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the town was filling the sky, and they had nowhere to go. For the Israelites who had fled in the direction of the wilderness now turned on their pursuers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:6 - And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD our God to assign land to each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:2 - Word soon spread[fn] that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together and waited all night at the town gates. They kept quiet during the night, saying to themselves, “When the light of morning comes, we will kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13 - Then Delilah said, “You’ve been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
Samson replied, “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I would become as weak as anyone else.”
So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:12 - “No,” his master said, “we can’t stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - Samuel then took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah.[fn] He named it Ebenezer (which means “the stone of help”), for he said, “Up to this point the LORD has helped us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:21 - Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back. If you hear me tell him, ‘They’re on this side,’ then you will know, as surely as the LORD lives, that all is well, and there is no trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - “So I killed him,” the Amalekite told David, “for I knew he couldn’t live. Then I took his crown and his armband, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 - David then led his men to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land who were living there. The Jebusites taunted David, saying, “You’ll never get in here! Even the blind and lame could keep you out!” For the Jebusites thought they were safe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn’t intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - But a wise woman in the town called out to Joab, “Listen to me, Joab. Come over here so I can talk to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:40 - But while I was busy doing something else, the prisoner disappeared!”
“Well, it’s your own fault,” the king replied. “You have brought the judgment on yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:8 - Then Elijah folded his cloak together and struck the water with it. The river divided, and the two of them went across on dry ground!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:14 - He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried out, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” Then the river divided, and Elisha went across.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - Prior to this time, they were responsible for the King’s Gate on the east side. These men served as gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:5 - The people of Jebus taunted David, saying, “You’ll never get in here!” But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - From the tribe of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives, there were 3,000 warriors. Most of the men from Benjamin had remained loyal to Saul until this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD’s fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:17 - O God, you have taught me from my earliest childhood,
and I constantly tell others about the wonderful things you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:4 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 - It’s better to wait for an invitation to the head table
than to be sent away in public disgrace.
Just because you’ve seen something,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - “But you—come here, you witches’ children,
you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - For I will bring them from the north
and from the distant corners of the earth.
I will not forget the blind and lame,
the expectant mothers and women in labor.
A great company will return!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:47 - But I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in days to come.
I, the LORD, have spoken!” This is the end of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:5 - They will ask the way to Jerusalem[fn]
and will start back home again.
They will bind themselves to the LORD
with an eternal covenant that will never be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:64

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:64 - Then say, ‘In this same way Babylon and her people will sink, never again to rise, because of the disasters I will bring upon her.’”
This is the end of Jeremiah’s messages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4 - He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing on opposite banks of the river.
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