Hen הֵן

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Hen
הֵן
Transliterationhen
Strong's numberH2005
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechinterjection
Glosslook!
Occurrences316 in 310 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (69)

Hen (Hebrew הֵן, Strong's H2005) is a Hebrew interjection meaning “look!”. It occurs 316 times in 310 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

interj
1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part
2) if
Aramaic equivalent: hen (הֵן "look!" H2006A)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbehold (3), lo (1), if (1), though (1)
BSBbehold (108), if (17), here i am (13), look (12), surely (11), indeed (7), they are indeed (6), see (5), i will indeed (4), how (4), i will surely (4), though (3), and 36 other renderings

Verses

Hen occurs in 310 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (19): 3:22, 4:14, 6:13, 9:9, 11:6, 15:3, 19:34, 27:11, 27:37, 29:7, 30:34, 39:8, 40:6, 41:17, 44:8, 44:16, 47:1, 47:23, 48:4

Exodus (12): 4:1, 5:5, 6:12, 6:30, 8:21, 8:26, 9:18, 10:4, 14:17, 16:4, 17:6, 34:11

Leviticus (3): 10:18, 10:19, 25:20

Numbers (7): 14:40, 17:12, 23:9, 23:24, 24:14, 25:12, 31:16

Deuteronomy (4): 5:24, 10:14, 31:14, 31:27

Joshua (1): 9:25

1 Samuel (10): 3:4, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:16, 12:3, 14:7, 14:43, 22:12, 25:19

2 Samuel (5): 1:7, 5:1, 12:11, 15:26, 16:8

1 Kings (10): 5:5, 11:22, 11:31, 14:10, 16:3, 17:12, 20:13, 20:36, 21:21, 22:25

2 Kings (8): 7:2, 7:13, 7:19, 19:7, 20:5, 21:12, 22:16, 22:20

1 Chronicles (1): 11:25

2 Chronicles (19): 7:13, 16:11, 18:24, 20:16, 20:24, 20:34, 24:27, 25:26, 27:7, 28:26, 29:19, 32:32, 33:18, 33:19, 34:24, 34:28, 35:25, 35:27, 36:8

Ezra (1): 9:15

Job (34): 2:6, 4:18, 8:19, 8:20, 9:11, 9:12, 12:14, 12:15, 13:1, 13:15, 15:15, 19:7, 21:16, 21:27, 23:8, 24:5, 25:5, 26:14, 27:12, 28:28, 31:35, 32:11, 33:6, 33:10, 33:12, 33:29, 36:5, 36:22, 36:26, 36:30, 38:35, 40:4, 40:23, 41:9

Psalms (6): 51:5, 51:6, 68:33, 78:20, 139:4, 139:8

Proverbs (2): 11:31, 24:12

Song of Solomon (3): 1:15, 1:16, 4:1

Isaiah (39): 6:8, 13:17, 23:13, 28:16, 29:14, 32:1, 33:7, 37:7, 38:5, 38:8, 40:15, 41:11, 41:24, 41:27, 41:29, 42:1, 43:19, 44:11, 49:16, 49:21, 50:1, 50:2, 50:9, 50:11, 52:6, 54:15, 55:4, 55:5, 56:3, 58:3, 58:4, 58:9, 59:1, 64:5, 64:9, 65:1, 65:17, 65:18, 66:12

Jeremiah (69): 1:15, 2:10, 2:35, 3:1, 3:22, 5:14, 5:15, 6:21, 8:17, 9:7, 9:15, 10:18, 11:11, 11:22, 12:14, 13:13, 16:9, 16:12, 16:16, 16:21, 19:3, 19:15, 20:4, 21:4, 21:8, 21:13, 23:2, 23:15, 23:30, 23:31, 23:32, 23:39, 25:9, 26:14, 28:16, 29:17, 29:21, 29:32, 30:10, 30:18, 31:8, 32:3, 32:24, 32:28, 32:37, 33:6, 34:2, 34:17, 34:22, 35:17, 39:16, 40:10, 42:4, 43:10, 44:2, 44:11, 44:26, 44:27, 44:30, 45:5, 46:25, 46:27, 49:5, 49:35, 50:18, 50:31, 51:1, 51:25, 51:36

Ezekiel (38): 4:16, 5:8, 8:17, 13:8, 13:20, 14:22, 16:37, 18:4, 20:47, 21:3, 22:19, 23:22, 23:28, 24:16, 24:21, 25:4, 25:7, 25:9, 25:16, 26:3, 26:7, 28:7, 28:22, 29:3, 29:8, 29:10, 29:19, 30:22, 33:32, 34:10, 34:11, 34:17, 34:20, 35:3, 36:6, 36:9, 38:3, 39:1

Daniel (1): 8:19

Hosea (1): 2:6

Joel (2): 2:19, 3:7

Amos (2): 6:14, 7:8

Micah (1): 2:3

Nahum (2): 2:13, 3:5

Habakkuk (1): 1:6

Zephaniah (1): 3:19

Haggai (1): 2:12

Zechariah (5): 2:9, 2:10, 3:8, 3:9, 8:7

Malachi (2): 2:3, 3:1

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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