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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 am against you, O [fn]arrogant one,”
Declares the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
“For your day has come,
The time [fn]when I will punish you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:1 - Thus says the LORD:
“Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon
And against the inhabitants of [fn]Leb-kamai
[fn]The spirit of a destroyer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:25 - “Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain,
Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the LORD,
“And I will stretch out My hand against you,
And roll you down from the crags,
And I will make you a burnt out mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:36 - Therefore thus says the LORD,
“Behold, I am going to plead your case
And exact full vengeance for you;
And I will dry up her [fn]sea
And make her fountain dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:8 - therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:8 - Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have spoken [fn]falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:20 - Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt [fn]lives there as [fn]birds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let [fn]them go, even those [fn]lives whom you hunt as [fn]birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:22 - “Yet, behold, [fn]survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:37 - therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4 - “Behold, H2005 all [fn]souls are Mine; the [fn]soul of the father as well as the [fn]soul of the son is Mine. The [fn]soul who sins will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every [fn]green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and [fn]the whole surface from south to north will be burned by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:22 - “Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom [fn]you were alienated, and I will bring them against you from every side:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:28 - “For thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I will give you into the hand of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from whom [fn]you were alienated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:16 - “Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:7 - therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:9 - therefore, behold, I am going to [fn]deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its [fn]frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:16 - therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:3 - therefore thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry and [fn]a great army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you,
The most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:22 - and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,
“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will [fn]be glorified in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments in her,
And I will manifest My holiness in her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - “Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great [fn]monster that lies in the midst of his [fn]rivers,
That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:8 - ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will bring upon you a sword and I will cut off from you man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:10 - therefore, behold, I am against you and against your [fn]rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border of [fn]Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her [fn]wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:22 - “Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:32 - “Behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My [fn]sheep [fn]from them and make them cease from feeding [fn]sheep. So the shepherds will not [fn]feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:11 - For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:17 - “As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I will judge between one [fn]sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:20 - Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - and say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD,
“Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,
And I will stretch out My hand against you
And make you a desolation and a waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - ‘Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have endured the insults of the nations.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:9 - ‘For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:3 - and say, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [fn]prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - “And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, [fn]prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:19 - He said, “Behold, I am going to let you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:6 - “Therefore, behold, I will hedge up [fn]her way with thorns,
And I will build [fn]a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19 - The LORD [fn]will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with [fn]them;
And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:7 - behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the LORD God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:8 - The LORD said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold I am about to put a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will [fn]spare them no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 - Therefore thus says the LORD,
“Behold, I am planning against this family a calamity
From which you cannot remove your necks;
And you will not walk haughtily,
For it will be an evil time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:13 - “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of hosts. “I will burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard.”

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