הֵן hen

Hebrew word for “look!” · Strong’s H2005 · used 316 times in 310 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for hen in context, with how often each is used:

• here i 150
• here! 51
• there! 48
• here am i 19
• there they 17
• here 12
• here are we 4
• here we 3
• there 3
• there he 2
• they 1
• if was i 1

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 23 (6), 1 Samuel 3 (5), Jeremiah 44 (5), Job 33 (4), Job 36 (4), Isaiah 41 (4), Isaiah 50 (4), Jeremiah 16 (4), Jeremiah 32 (4), Ezekiel 25 (4)

Forms

• הנני 167
• הן 97
• הנם 15
• הנך 10
• והנם 7
• הננו 7
• והנך 4
• והנני 3
• והן 2
• הנו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֹּה koh “thus” 75
• כֵּן ken “so” 50
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 32
• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 29
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 27
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 25
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 30
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 26
• רַע ra “bad” 24
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 27
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 25
• דָּבָר davar “word” 29

Key verses

The verses using hen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• Job 40:4 — Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
• Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth…
• Isaiah 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
• Isaiah 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for…
• Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
• Jeremiah 3:1 — They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted?…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Jeremiah 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her…
• Jeremiah 31:8 — Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and…
• Jeremiah 32:37 — Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.