הֵנָּה hennah

Hebrew word for “here/thus” · Strong’s H2008 · used 49 times in 41 verses

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Meaning

here, there, now, hither

How it is translated

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

• hither 20
• here 18
• now 9
• them 2

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 45 (3), Judges 16 (2), 2 Kings 2 (2), Proverbs 9 (2), Genesis 15 (1), Genesis 21 (1), Genesis 42 (1), Genesis 44 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Joshua 2 (1)

Forms

• הנה 44
• והנה 5

Words used with it

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

• עַד ad “till” 15
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 5
• רָאָה raah “to see” 7
• אִם im “if” 6
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 6
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 5
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 5
• עַתָּה attah “now” 4
• אַדֶּרֶת adderet “clothing” 2
• פִּסֵּחַ pisseach “lame” 2
• חָצָה chatsah “to divide” 2
• חָסֵר chaser “lacking” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
• Genesis 21:23 — Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I…
• Genesis 42:15 — Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
• Genesis 45:5 — Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
• 1 Samuel 7:12 — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
• 1 Chronicles 11:5 — And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
• Psalms 71:17 — O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
• Isaiah 57:3 — But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
• 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 48:47 — Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
• Jeremiah 50:5 — They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be…
• Jeremiah 51:64 — And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words 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.