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Lexicon :: Strong's H2005 - hēn

Aa
הֵן
Transliteration
hēn
Pronunciation
hane
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Part of Speech
hypothetical participle, interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive particle
Dictionary Aids

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 318 times in 311 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (Job 2:6–Isa 29:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:6 - And H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto H413 Satan, H7854 Behold, he H2005 is in thine hand; H3027 but H389 save H8104 his life. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:18 - Behold, H2005 he put H539➔ no H3808 trust ➔H539 in his servants; H5650 and his angels H4397 he charged H7760 with folly: H8417

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:19 - Behold, H2005 this H1931 is the joy H4885 of his way, H1870 and out of the earth H6083 shall H6779➔ others H312 grow. ➔H6779

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:20 - Behold, H2005 God H410 will H3988➔ not H3808 cast away ➔H3988 a perfect H8535 man, neither H3808 will he help H2388 H3027 the evil doers: H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - Lo, H2005 he goeth H5674 by me, H5921 and H3808➔ I see H7200 him not: ➔H3808 he passeth on also, H2498 but H3808➔ I perceive H995 him not. ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:12 - Behold, H2005 he taketh away, H2862 who H4310 can hinder him? H7725 who H4310 will say H559 unto him, H413 What H4100 doest thou? H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - Behold, H2005 he breaketh down, H2040 and H3808➔ it H1129➔ cannot ➔H3808 be built again: ➔H1129 he shutteth up H5462 a man, H376 and H3808➔ there can be H6605➔ no ➔H3808 opening. ➔H6605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:15 - Behold, H2005 he withholdeth H6113 the waters, H4325 and they dry up: H3001 also he sendeth them out, H7971 and they overturn H2015 the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:1 - Lo, H2005 mine eye H5869 hath seen H7200 all H3605 this, mine ear H241 hath heard H8085 and understood H995 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:15 - Though H2005 he slay me, H6991 yet will I trust H3176 in him: H3808 but H389 I will maintain H3198 mine own ways H1870 before him. H413 H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:15 - Behold, H2005 he putteth H539➔ no H3808 trust ➔H539 in his saints; H6918 yea, the heavens H8064 are H2141➔ not H3808 clean ➔H2141 in his sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Behold, H2005 I cry out H6817 of wrong, H2555 but H3808➔ I am H6030➔ not ➔H3808 heard: ➔H6030 I cry aloud, H7768 but H369➔ there is no ➔H369 judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:16 - Lo, H2005 their good H2898 is not H3808 in their hand: H3027 the counsel H6098 of the wicked H7563 is far H7368 from me. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:27 - Behold, H2005 I know H3045 your thoughts, H4284 and the devices H4209 which ye wrongfully imagine H2554 against me. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:8 - Behold, H2005 I go H1980 forward, H6924 but he is not H369 there; and backward, H268 but H3808➔ I H995➔ cannot ➔H3808 perceive ➔H995 him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Behold, H2005 as wild asses H6501 in the desert, H4057 go they forth H3318 to their work; H6467 rising betimes H7836 for a prey: H2964 the wilderness H6160 yieldeth food H3899 for them and for their children. H5288

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 25:5 - Behold H2005 even to H5704 the moon, H3394 and H3808➔ it shineth H166 not; ➔H3808 yea, the stars H3556 are H2141➔ not H3808 pure ➔H2141 in his sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:14 - Lo, H2005 these H428 are parts H7098 of his ways: H1870 but how H4100 little H8102 a portion H1697 is heard H8085 of him? but the thunder H7482 of his power H1369 who H4310 can understand? H995

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - Behold, H2005 all ye H3605 yourselves H859 have seen H2372 it; why H4100 then H2088 are ye thus altogether vain? H1892 H1891

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And H559➔ unto man H120 he said, ➔H559 Behold, H2005 the fear H3374 of the Lord, H136 that H1931 is wisdom; H2451 and to depart H5493 from evil H7451 is understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - Oh that H4310 H5414 one would hear H8085 me! H589 behold, H2005 my desire H8420 is, that the Almighty H7706 would answer me, H6030 and that H5612➔ mine adversary H376 H7379 had written H3789 a book. ➔H5612

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:11 - Behold, H2005 I waited H3176 for your words; H1697 I gave ear H238 to H5704 your reasons, H8394 whilst H5704 ye searched out H2713 what to say. H4405

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Behold, H2005 I H589 am according to thy wish H6310 in God's stead: H410 I H589 also H1571 am formed H7169 out of the clay. H2563

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:10 - Behold, H2005 he findeth H4672 occasions H8569 against me, H5921 he counteth me H2803 for H341➔ his enemy, ➔H341

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - Behold, H2005 in this H2063 thou art H6663➔ not H3808 just: ➔H6663 I will answer thee, H6030 that H3588 God H433 is greater H7235 than man. H582

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:29 - Lo, H2005 all H3605 these H428 things worketh H6466 God H410 oftentimes H6471 H7969 with H5973 man, H1397

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:5 - Behold, H2005 God H410 is mighty, H3524 and H3808➔ despiseth H3988 not ➔H3808 any: he is mighty H3524 in strength H3581 and wisdom. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - Behold, H2005 God H410 exalteth H7682 by his power: H3581 who H4310 teacheth H3384 like him? H3644

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:26 - Behold, H2005 God H410 is great, H7689 and H3808➔ we know H3045 him not, ➔H3808 neither H3808 can H2714➔ the number H4557 of his years H8141 be searched out. ➔H2714

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:30 - Behold, H2005 he spreadeth H6566 his light H216 upon it, H5921 and H8328➔ covereth H3680 the bottom ➔H8328 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Canst thou send H7971 lightnings, H1300 that they may go, H3212 and say H559 unto thee, Here we H2005 are?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - Behold, H2005 I am vile; H7043 what H4100 shall I answer thee? H7725 I will lay H7760 mine hand H3027 upon H3926 my mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:23 - Behold, H2005 he drinketh up H6231 a river, H5104 and hasteth H2648 not: H3808 he trusteth H982 that H3588 he can draw up H1518 Jordan H3383 into H413 his mouth. H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:9 - Behold, H2005 the hope of him H8431 is in vain: H3576 shall not one be cast down H2904 even H1571 at H413 the sight of him? H4758

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, H2005 I was shapen H2342 in iniquity; H5771 and in sin H2399 did H3179➔ my mother H517 conceive me. ➔H3179

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:6 - Behold, H2005 thou desirest H2654 truth H571 in the inward parts: H2910 and in the hidden H5640 part thou shalt make me to know H3045 wisdom. H2451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - To him that rideth H7392 upon the heavens H8064 of heavens, H8064 which were of old; H6924 lo, H2005 he doth send out H5414 his voice, H6963 and that a H6963➔ mighty H5797 voice. ➔H6963

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 - Behold, H2005 he smote H5221 the rock, H6697 that H2100➔ the waters H4325 gushed out, ➔H2100 and the streams H5158 overflowed; H7857 can he H3201 give H5414 bread H3899 also? H1571 can he provide H3559 flesh H7607 for his people? H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 - For H3588 there is not H369 a word H4405 in my tongue, H3956 but, lo, H2005 O LORD, H3068 thou knowest H3045 it altogether. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If H518 I ascend up H5266 into heaven, H8064 thou H859 art there: H8033 if I make my bed H3331 in hell, H7585 behold, thou H2005 art there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:31 - Behold, H2005 the righteous H6662 shall be recompensed H7999 in the earth: H776 much more H637 H3588 the wicked H7563 and the sinner. H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:12 - If H3588 thou sayest, H559 Behold, H2005 we knew H3045 it H2088 not; H3808 doth H995➔ not H3808 he H1931 that pondereth H8505 the heart H3826 consider ➔H995 it? and he that keepeth H5341 thy soul, H5315 doth H3045➔ not he H1931 know ➔H3045 it? and shall H7725➔ not he render ➔H7725 to H120➔ every man ➔H120 according to his works? H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:15 - Behold, thou H2005 art fair, H3303 my love; H7474 behold, thou H2005 art fair; H3303 thou hast H5869➔ doves' H3123 eyes. ➔H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - Behold, thou H2005 art fair, H3303 my beloved, H1730 yea, H637 pleasant: H5273 also H637 our bed H6210 is green. H7488

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - Behold, thou H2005 art fair, H3303 my love; H7474 behold, thou H2005 art fair; H3303 thou H5869➔ hast doves' H3123 eyes ➔H5869 within H1157 thy locks: H6777 thy hair H8181 is as a flock H5739 of goats, H5795 that appear H1570 from mount H2022 Gilead. H1568

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:8 - Also I heard H8085 the voice H6963 of the Lord, H136 saying, H559 Whom H4310 shall I send, H7971 and who H4310 will go H3212 for us? Then said I, H559 Here H2005➔ am I; ➔ H2005 send me. H7971

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:17 - Behold, H2005 I will stir up H5782 the Medes H4074 against them, H5921 which H834 shall H2803➔ not H3808 regard ➔H2803 silver; H3701 and as for gold, H2091 they shall H2654➔ not H3808 delight ➔H2654 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Behold H2005 the land H776 of the Chaldeans; H3778 this H2088 people H5971 was H1961 not, H3808 till the Assyrian H804 founded it H3245 for them that dwell in the wilderness: H6728 they set up H6965 the towers thereof, H971 they raised up H6209 the palaces thereof; H759 and he brought it H7760 to ruin. H4654

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:16 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3069 Behold, H2005 I lay H3245➔ in Zion H6726 for a foundation ➔H3245 a stone, H68 a H68➔ tried H976 stone, ➔H68 a H6438➔ precious H3368 corner ➔H6438 stone, a H4143➔ sure H3245 foundation: ➔H4143 he that believeth H539 shall H2363➔ not H3808 make haste. ➔H2363

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Therefore, H3651 behold, I H2005 will proceed H3254 to do a marvellous work H6381 among H5971➔ this H2088 people, ➔H5971 even a marvellous work H6381 and a wonder: H6382 for H6➔ the wisdom H2451 of their wise H2450 men shall perish, ➔H6 and the understanding H998 of their prudent H995 men shall be hid. H5641

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