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Lexicon :: Strong's H1992 - hēm

Aa
הֵם
Transliteration
hēm
Pronunciation
haym
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Part of Speech
third person plural masculine personal pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 504

Strong’s Definitions

הֵם hêm, haym; or (prolonged) הֵמָּה hêmmâh; masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic):—it, like, × (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, × so, × such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H1992 in the following manner: they, them, themselves, these, those, as many more as, ye, same.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H1992 in the following manner: they, them, themselves, these, those, as many more as, ye, same.
  1. they, these, the same, who

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הֵם hêm, haym; or (prolonged) הֵמָּה hêmmâh; masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic):—it, like, × (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, × so, × such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
STRONGS H1992: Abbreviations
הֵ֫מָּה and הֵם (without appreciable distinction in usage, except probably in so far as the longer or shorter from was better adapted to the rhythm of particular sentences: on the whole הֵמָּה (alone) is somewhat more frequently than הֵם, הָהֵם on the contrary is said regularly, הָהֵמָּה occurring only + 12 times, namely Numbers 9:7 (P), Jeremiah 14:15; Zechariah 14:15, and in the phrase בַּ(הַ)מִָים הָהֵמָּה 2 Kings 18:4; Jeremiah 3:16, 18; Jeremiah 5:18; Jeremiah 50:4; Joel 3:2; Joel 4:1; Zechariah 8:23; Nehemiah 13:15, though בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם is much more common) pronoun 3rd person plural masculine (הֵמָּה used incorrectly for the feminine Zechariah 5:10; Ruth 1:22; Songs 6:8), feminine H2007 הֵ֫נָּה [Late Hebrew also הֵן, which occurs however in Biblical Hebrew only after a prefix: see below 8], pronoun 3 plural they (Biblical Aramaic H1994 הִמּוֺ, which see; هُمْ, هُنً; Ethiopic (one form) እሙንቱ፡ እማንቱ፡ 'emūn-tū, emān-tū; compare also for the dissyllabic form, the suffix —ōmū [feminine —ōn]; perhaps also Assyrian suffix šunu, šina[ni], compare references below הוּא). In usage not different in Genl. from הוּא, הִיא (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus: —
1. a. Genesis 6:4; Exodus 5:7 הֵם יֵָֽלְכוּ let them (emphatic) go and gather straw, Numbers 31:16; Isaiah 24:14; Hosea 4:14; Hosea 7:3 etc.; after כִּי Jeremiah 5:5; Jeremiah 34:7. (For the use in circumstantial clauses see Dr§ 160, 169.)
b. Judges 1:22 ויעלו ֗֗֗ גַם הֵם, Deuteronomy 2:11 (אַף הֵם), Deuteronomy 3:20; Joshua 9:4; Ezekiel 30:17.
c. Exodus 18:22 every small matter יִשְׁפְּטוּ־הֵם let them judge themselves, Exodus 18:26; Jeremiah 15:19; Jeremiah 17:18; Psalm 109:28; Esther 9:1.
e. compare Nehemiah 10:38.
2. a. (Resuming the subject with emphasis) Genesis 14:24 (note accents), Deuteronomy 1:39; Psalm 23:4; Psalm 27:2 (accents), Psalm 37:9; Psalm 107:24; Ezekiel 36:7; Ezekiel 44:15.
c. Numbers 14:27a; Jeremiah 27:9; Ezekiel 43:19 אֲשֶׁר הֵם מִזֶּרַע צָדוֺק, Ecclesiastes 4:2; Nehemiah 2:13. **הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחֻמִי Job 6:7 read perhaps וַהֲמָה וגו׳ (or זָָֽהֲמָה) it is loathesome (√ זהס).
3. a. Genesis 3:7; Exodus 5:8 הֵם נִרְפִּים כִּי for they are idle, Exodus 14:3; Exodus 15:23; Exodus 29:33 etc. (the opposite order rare: Numbers 11:16; Isaiah 61:9, compare DePs 94:11).
b. Genesis 34:21, 23; Genesis 41:26; Genesis 48:5 שׁני בניך ֗֗֗ לִי הֵם thy two sons..., they are mine, Exodus 32:16 + often: Isaiah 41:22 הָרִאשֹׁנוֺת מָה הֵנָּה, Isaiah 49:21 אֵלֶּה אֵיפֹה הֵם these — where were they? Zephaniah 2:12 after אַתֶּם, peculiarly (compare Dr§ 198 Obs. 2).
c. Deuteronomy 20:15 אֲשֶׁר לֹאמֵֿעָרֵי הַגֹּויִם הָאֵלֶּה הֵנָּה, Judges 19:12; 1 Kings 9:20.
d. 2 Kings 7:10 כַּאֲשֶׁר הֵמָּה. (Proverbs 19:7 Kt לֹאהֵֿמָּה is probably corrupt: see Commentaries)
4. a. Proverbs 30:24 אַרְבָּעָה הֵם קְטַנֵּיאָֿ֑רֶץ four things are they, the little ones of the earth, Proverbs 30:29 (compare before a rel. clause Proverbs 30:15; Proverbs 30:18; Proverbs 6:16) Songs 6:8; Isaiah 51:19 שְׁתַּיִם הֵנָּה קֹרְאֹתַיִךְ, 1 Chronicles 9:26 (see הוא 4a).
b. (β) Genesis 21:29 מָה הֵנָּה שֶׁבַע ֗֗֗ literally What are they — these seven sheep? Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 4:5.
(γ) אֵלֶּה ֗֗֗ הֵםGenesis 25:16 (= 1 Chronicles 1:36) Leviticus 23:2; Numbers 3:20, 21, 27, 33; 1 Samuel 4:8; 1 Chronicles 8:6; 1 Chronicles 12:15 (see Dr § 201, 3).
6. a. In a neuter sense (rare), Job 6:7 הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחמִי they (i.e. such sufferings as mine) are as loathsomeness in my meat, Jeremiah 7:4 הֵיכַל י׳ הֵמָּה they (i.e. these buildings) are the temple of י׳; and in the feminine, Leviticus 5:22 of all that a man doeth to sin בָּהֵנָּה therein, 1 Chronicles 21:10 מֵהֵנָּה (|| 2 Samuel 24:12 מֵהֶם); 2 Samuel 12:8; Job 23:14 כָּהֵנָּה things such as these.
7. With article. הָהֵם, Genesis 6:4; Exodus 2:11; Numbers 14:38 + often; הָהֵמָּה + 12 times (see above); הָהֵנָּה1 Samuel 17:28. N.B. — Ezekiel 8:6 Kt מָהֵם stands for מָה הֵם (so Qr), compare מַזֶּה for מַהזֶּֿה Exodus 4:2; 2 Kings 9:18 עַדהֵֿם is irregular for עֲדֵיהֶם; 2 Samuel 4:6 וְהֵנָּה וג׳ is textual error for וְהִנֵּה שֹׁעֶרֶת הַבַּיִת סֹקְלָה חִטִּים וג׳ see We Dr (Greek Version of the LXX & RVm).
8. With prepositions (in lieu of the normal, and more usual, forms with suffixes בָּהֶם, לָהֶם, מֵהֶם etc. [כָּהֶם & כָּהֶן, however, each once only, כְּמוֺהֶם thrice: see כְּ]) —
a. בָּהֵמָּהExodus 30:4; Exodus 36:1 (both P), Habakkuk 1:16; כָּהֵמָּהJeremiah 36:32; לְהֵמָּהJeremiah 14:16 מֵהֵמָּהJeremiah 10:2; Ecclesiastes 12:12.
b. כָּהֵם2 Samuel 24:3 Yahweh add to the people כָּהֵם וְכָהֵם מֵאָה פְעָמִים the like of themselves and the like of themselves 100 times, = 1 Chronicles 21:3 (but כָּהֵם here only once, compare Deuteronomy 1:11 בָּכֶם), 2 Chronicles 9:11; Ecclesiastes 9:12.
c. בָּהֵנָּהLeviticus 5:22 [Leviticus 6:3] (P) Numbers 13:19 (JE) Jeremiah 5:17: כָּהֵנָּהGenesis 41:19; 2 Samuel 12:8 וְאֹסִפָה לְךָ כָּהֵנָּה וְכָהֵנָּה, Job 23:14: לָהֵנָּהEzekiel 1:5, 23 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 42:9; Zechariah 5:9: מֵהֵנָּהLeviticus 4:2 (P) Isaiah 34:16; Jeremiah 5:6; Ezekiel 16:51; Ezekiel 42:5; Psalm 34:21; 1 Chronicles 21:10 (|| 2 Samuel 24:12 מֵהֶם).
d. H2004 בָּהֵןGenesis 19:29 (P) Genesis 30:26, 37; Exodus 25:29; Exodus 37:16 (both P) Leviticus 10:1; Leviticus 11:21; Leviticus 14:40; Numbers 10:3; Numbers 16:7 (all P) Deuteronomy 28:52; Jeremiah 4:29; Jeremiah 48:9; Jeremiah 51:43 (twice in verse) (בָּהֶן thrice only); כָּהֵןEzekiel 18:14 (editions; Baer כָּהֶן); H3860 H3861 לָהֵן (=therefore) † Ruth 1:13 (twice in verse) (also Biblical Aramaic); מֵהֵןEzekiel 16:47, 52 (editions; Baer מֵהֶן). (With the exception of כָּחֵנָּה, these forms are found mostly in P and writers not earlier than Jeremiah; b and d, however, depend solely on the punctuation.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:7; 6:4; 6:4; 14:24; 19:29; 21:29; 25:16; 30:26; 30:37; 33:6; 34:21; 34:23; 41:19; 41:26; 44:3; 48:5

Exodus

2:11; 4:2; 5:7; 5:8; 14:3; 15:23; 18:22; 18:26; 25:29; 29:33; 30:4; 32:16; 36:1; 37:16

Leviticus

4:2; 6:3; 10:1; 11:21; 14:40; 23:2

Numbers

3:20; 3:21; 3:27; 3:33; 9:7; 10:3; 11:16; 13:19; 14:27; 14:38; 16:7; 31:16

Deuteronomy

1:11; 1:39; 2:11; 3:20; 20:15; 28:52

Joshua

9:4

Judges

1:22; 6:5; 19:12

Ruth

1:13; 1:22

1 Samuel

4:8; 17:28

2 Samuel

4:6; 12:8; 12:8; 24:3; 24:12; 24:12

1 Kings

9:20

2 Kings

7:10; 9:18; 18:4

1 Chronicles

1:36; 8:6; 9:26; 12:15; 21:3; 21:10; 21:10

2 Chronicles

9:11

Nehemiah

2:13; 10:38; 13:15

Esther

9:1

Job

6:7; 6:7; 23:14; 23:14

Psalms

23:4; 27:2; 34:21; 37:9; 94:11; 107:24; 109:28

Proverbs

6:16; 19:7; 30:15; 30:18; 30:24; 30:29

Ecclesiastes

4:2; 9:12; 12:12

Song of Songs

6:8; 6:8

Isaiah

24:14; 30:7; 34:16; 41:22; 44:11; 49:21; 51:19; 61:9

Jeremiah

3:16; 3:18; 4:29; 5:5; 5:6; 5:17; 5:18; 7:4; 10:2; 14:15; 14:16; 15:19; 17:18; 27:9; 34:7; 36:32; 48:9; 50:4; 51:43

Ezekiel

1:5; 1:23; 8:6; 16:47; 16:51; 16:52; 18:14; 27:13; 27:17; 27:21; 30:17; 36:7; 42:5; 42:9; 43:19; 44:15

Hosea

4:14; 7:3

Joel

3:2

Habakkuk

1:16

Zephaniah

2:12

Zechariah

1:9; 4:5; 5:9; 5:10; 8:23; 14:15

H1992

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1992 matches the Hebrew הֵם (hēm),
which occurs 660 times in 609 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 13 (Jer 14:16–Eze 3:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom H1992 they H1992 prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, H1992 them, H1992 their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:19 - Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them H1992 return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:20 - Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they H1992 are no gods?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:15 - Behold, they H1992 say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them H1992 be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, H1992 and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. H1992
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they H1992 nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:12 - But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: H1992 for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:27 - But to the land whereunto they H1992 desire to return, thither shall they not return.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they H1992 make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - I have not sent these prophets, yet they H1992 ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they H1992 prophesied.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - Moreover I will take from them H1992 the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:14 - For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves H1992 of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - For they H1992 prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they H1992 prophesy a lie unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they H1992 prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they H1992 prophesy a lie unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:18 - But if they H1992 be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:9 - For they H1992 prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:22 - And of them H1992 shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - And out of them H1992 shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:1 - At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they H1992 shall be my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:29 - In those H1992 days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:32 - Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they H1992 brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:33 - But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those H1992 days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they H1992 shall be my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:32 - Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, H1992 their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - In those H1992 days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:16 - In those H1992 days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32 - Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like H1992 words.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they H1992 and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8 - Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they H1992 and their men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:5 - Then they H1992 said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, H1992 ye, nor your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14 - So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they H1992 have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:5 - Wherefore have I seen them H1992 dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they H1992 also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:4 - In those H1992 days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they H1992 and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20 - In those H1992 days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - They shall hold the bow and the lance: they H1992 are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - They H1992 are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - I called for my lovers, but they H1992 deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9 - They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these H1992 pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:3 - And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they H1992 and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:5 - And they, H1992 whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they H1992 are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:6 - And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, H1992 neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they H1992 be a rebellious house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:7 - And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they H1992 are most rebellious.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:6 - Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they H1992 would have hearkened unto thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7 - But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.

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