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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.
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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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Strong's Number H2005 matches the Hebrew הֵן (hēn),
which occurs 318 times in 311 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 6 / 7 (Jer 50:31–Nah 2:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:31 - Behold, I H2005 am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1 - Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I H2005 will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 - Behold, I H2005 am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I H2005 will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I H2005 will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, H2005 even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, H2005 they put the branch to their nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I H2005 am against you, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20 - Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they H2005 shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - Behold, H2005 therefore I H2005 will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4 - Behold, H2005 all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I H2005 am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, H2005 therefore I H2005 will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:22 - Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - Son of man, behold, I H2005 take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Behold, H2005 therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - Behold, H2005 therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - Therefore, behold, H2005 I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, H2005 I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - Behold, H2005 therefore I H2005 will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - Behold, H2005 therefore I H2005 am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - And, lo, thou H2005 art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, H2005 even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, H2005 I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, H2005 even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, H2005 O mount Seir, I H2005 am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9 - For, behold, I H2005 am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3 - And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I H2005 am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:19 - And he said, Behold, I H2005 will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6 - Therefore, behold, H2005 I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19 - Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I H2005 will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:7 - Behold, I H2005 will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - But, behold, I H2005 will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:8 - And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I H2005 will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, H2005 against this family do I H2005 devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - Behold, I H2005 am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.

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