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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 5 / 7 (Jer 13:13–Jer 50:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13 - then tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land, including the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets and all those living in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:16 - “But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the LORD, “and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:21 - “Therefore I will teach them— this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:3 - and say, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah and people of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:4 - For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[fn] who are outside the wall besieging you. And I will gather them inside this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8 - “Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:13 - I am against you, Jerusalem, you who live above this valley on the rocky plateau, declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our refuge?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:2 - Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says concerning the prophets: “I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30 - “Therefore,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:31 - Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, ‘The LORD declares.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the LORD. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:39 - Therefore, I will surely forget you and cast you out of my presence along with the city I gave to you and your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - I will summon all the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” declares the LORD, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[fn] them and make them an object of horror and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14 - As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:16 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:17 - yes, this is what the LORD Almighty says: “I will send the sword, famine and plague against them and I will make them like figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21 - This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name: “I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:32 - this is what the LORD says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the LORD, because he has preached rebellion against me.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10 - “ ‘So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel,’

declares the LORD.

‘I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - “This is what the LORD says: “ ‘I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - Now Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, “Why do you prophesy as you do? You say, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:24 - “See how the siege ramps are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague, the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said has happened, as you now see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:28 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:37 - I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:6 - “ ‘Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:17 - “Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed me; you have not proclaimed freedom to your own people. So I now proclaim ‘freedom’ for you, declares the LORD—‘freedom’ to fall by the sword, plague and famine. I will make you abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - I am going to give the order, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, take it and burn it down. And I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:17 - “Therefore this is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - “Go and tell Ebed-Melek the Cushite, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city—words concerning disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:10 - I myself will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to us, but you are to harvest the wine, summer fruit and olive oil, and put them in your storage jars, and live in the towns you have taken over.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:4 - “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray to the LORD your God as you have requested; I will tell you everything the LORD says and will keep nothing back from you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:10 - Then say to them, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy above them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:2 - “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You saw the great disaster I brought on Jerusalem and on all the towns of Judah. Today they lie deserted and in ruins

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:11 - “Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster on you and to destroy all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:26 - But hear the word of the LORD, all you Jews living in Egypt: ‘I swear by my great name,’ says the LORD, ‘that no one from Judah living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name or swear, “As surely as the Sovereign LORD lives.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - For I am watching over them for harm, not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish by sword and famine until they are all destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:30 - This is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who want to kill him, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who wanted to kill him.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:5 - Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:25 - The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes, on Pharaoh, on Egypt and her gods and her kings, and on those who rely on Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27 - “Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:5 - I will bring terror on you from all those around you,”

declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

“Every one of you will be driven away, and no one will gather the fugitives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:18 - Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

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