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הֵן hen
Hebrew word for “if” · Strong’s H2006 · used 19 times in 12 verses
Meaning
behold, if, whether; Aramaic of hen (הֵן "look!" H2005)
Senses in the lexicon
- if (15)
- therefore (4)
How it is translated
Glosses given for hen in context, with how often each is used:
- if 11
- whether 3
- therefore 3
- or 2
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 2 (3), Daniel 3 (3), Ezra 4 (2), Ezra 5 (1), Ezra 7 (1), Daniel 4 (1), Daniel 5 (1)
Forms
- הן 13
- והן 3
- להן 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with hen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 9
- לָא la “not” 7
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 8
- יְדַע yeda “to know” 6
- אִיתַי itay “there is” 5
- מִן־ min “from” 6
- כְּעַן kean “now” 4
- אֱלָהּ elah “god” 5
- פְּשַׁר peshar “interpretation” 4
- הֲוָא hava “to be” 4
- דֵּךְ dekh “this” 3
- חֵלֶם chelem “dream” 3
Key verses
The verses using hen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ezra 4:13 — Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt…
- Ezra 4:16 — We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
- Ezra 5:17 — Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree…
- Ezra 7:26 — And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment,…
- Daniel 2:5 — The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall…
- Daniel 2:6 — But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the…
- Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the…
- Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and…
- Daniel 3:17 — If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
- Daniel 3:18 — But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
- Daniel 4:27 — Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it…
- Daniel 5:16 — And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the…
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
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.