הֵן
behold
also: lo, though fuller range ↓
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Every verse where H2005 appears in the Book of Jeremiah — 69 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 1:15 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, says Yahweh; and they shall come, and they shall set everyone his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls of it round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
- Jeremiah 2:10 הֵ֥ן ptcl dem For pass over to the isles of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
- Jeremiah 2:35 הִנְ/נִי֙ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Yet you said, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, I have not sinned.
- Jeremiah 3:1 הֵ֣ן ptcl dem They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again? Won't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 3:22 הִנְ/נוּ֙ ptcl intj + sfx pers 1cp Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. Behold, we are come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 5:14 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
- Jeremiah 5:15 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel, says Yahweh: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don't know, neither understand what they say.
- Jeremiah 6:21 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will lay stumbling-blocks before this people; and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
- Jeremiah 8:17 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 9:7 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
- Jeremiah 9:15 הִנְ/נִ֧י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
- Jeremiah 10:18 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].
- Jeremiah 11:11 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and they shall cry to me, but I will not listen to them.
- Jeremiah 11:22 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
- Jeremiah 12:14 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
- Jeremiah 13:13 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Then shall you tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
- Jeremiah 16:9 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
- Jeremiah 16:12 וְ/הִנְּ/כֶ֣ם conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 2mp and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:
- Jeremiah 16:16 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Yahweh, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
- Jeremiah 16:21 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 19:3 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs and say, Hear you the word of Yahweh, kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle.
- Jeremiah 19:15 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring on this city and on all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it; because they have made their neck stiff, that they may not hear my words.
- Jeremiah 20:4 הִנְ/נִי֩ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.
- Jeremiah 21:4 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
- Jeremiah 21:8 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
- Jeremiah 21:13 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] of the rock of the plain, says Yahweh; you that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
- Jeremiah 23:2 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 23:15 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
- Jeremiah 23:30 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.
- Jeremiah 23:31 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who use their tongues, and say, He says.
- Jeremiah 23:32 הִ֠נְ/נִי ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 23:39 הִנְ/נִ֔י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs therefore, behold, I will utterly forget you, and I will cast you off, and the city that I gave to you and to your fathers, away from my presence:
- Jeremiah 25:9 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and [I will send] to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 26:14 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
- Jeremiah 28:16 הִנְ/נִי֙ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 29:17 הִנְ/נִי֙ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs thus says Yahweh of Hosts; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.
- Jeremiah 29:21 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;
- Jeremiah 29:32 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says Yahweh, because he has spoken rebellion against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 30:10 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 30:18 הִנְ/נִי ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.
- Jeremiah 31:8 הִנְ/נִי֩ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.
- Jeremiah 32:3 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
- Jeremiah 32:24 וְ/הִנְּ/ךָ֥ conj + ptcl intj + sfx pers 2ms Behold, the mounds, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence; and what you have spoken has happened; and, behold, you see it.
- Jeremiah 32:28 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
- Jeremiah 32:37 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
- Jeremiah 33:6 הִנְ/נִ֧י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
- Jeremiah 34:2 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
- Jeremiah 34:17 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Jeremiah 34:22 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will command, says Yahweh, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 35:17 הִנְ/נִ֧י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.
- Jeremiah 39:16 הִנְ/נִי֩ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.
- Jeremiah 40:10 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come to us: but you, gather you wine and summer fruits and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.
- Jeremiah 42:4 הִנְ/נִ֧י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to Yahweh your God according to your words; and it shall happen that whatever thing Yahweh shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you.
- Jeremiah 43:10 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs and tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
- Jeremiah 44:2 וְ/הִנָּ֤/ם conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells therein,
- Jeremiah 44:11 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah.
- Jeremiah 44:26 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh lives.
- Jeremiah 44:27 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
- Jeremiah 44:30 הִנְ/נִ֣י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy, and sought his life.
- Jeremiah 45:5 הִנְ/נִי֩ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Seek you great things for yourself? Don't seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.
- Jeremiah 46:25 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and those who trust in him:
- Jeremiah 46:27 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs But don't be afraid you, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 49:5 הִנְ/נִי֩ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will bring a fear on you, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, from all who are round about you; and you shall be driven out every man right forth, and there shall be none to gather together the fugitives.
- Jeremiah 49:35 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
- Jeremiah 50:18 הִנְ/נִ֥י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 50:31 הִנְ/נִ֤י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I am against you, you proud one, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts; for your day is come, the time that I will visit you.
- Jeremiah 51:1 הִנְ/נִי֙ ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in Lebkamai, a destroying wind.
- Jeremiah 51:25 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I am against you, destroying mountain, says Yahweh, which destroy all the earth; and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain.
- Jeremiah 51:36 הִנְ/נִי ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“behold” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word הן (hên). First canonically at Genesis 3:22, it enters the text early. It turns up in 311 verses across 31 books, a common footprint. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “lo” and “though”. From the same root come הן, הנה and להן. See the sense tree, 311-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2005 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 311
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 311 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #157
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 157 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 311 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 311 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 199 verses · 64%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 67 verses · 22%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 45 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Behold 3×
- American Standard Version†: Behold 4×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Behold 107×, If 17×, I am 15×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Behold 123×, Behold they 11×, If 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2005 across 7† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2005 across 7† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2005 across 247† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 37 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 62 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2005 across 159† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
הן I on. 3 pl.fem., often in NH, in Bibl. Heb. only with prefixes, בָּהֵן, etc.
הן II
- a. Gn 3:22 הֵן הָאָדָם הָיָה behold, the man is become as one of us, & now lest, etc., 4:14 behold, thou hast driven me forth etc., 11:6; 15:3; 19:34; 27:11; 29:7; 30:34 (nearly = yea), Ex 5:5; 6:12, 30 Lv 10:18, 19 Nu 17:27 Dt 5:21 (in prose only in Pent. (23 times) and Ez 18:4 in this usage); in poetry, used more freely, but chiefly in Is 2 & Jb,—Nu 23:9, 24 (Balaam) Is 23:13; 32:1; 33:7 ψ 51:7, 8; 68:34; 78:20; 139:4 Pr 11:31 (stating the premiss to a conclusion introduced by אַף כִּי, q.v.), 24:12: elsewhere (except in senses b, c) only in Is 2 (23 times) & Jb (31 times), as Is 40:15(×2); 41:11, 24, 29; 50:1, 2, 9(×2), 11 Jb 4:18; 15:15; 25:5 (in these three passages before אַף or אַף כִּי), 9:11, 12 etc. (v. supr.). e.g. Genesis 3:22
- b. as a hypoth. part., propounding a possibility, if (so NH Biblical Aramaic, Mand. Palm. (ZMG 1888, 404); on the contr. Syriac ܐܶܢ, Pal. 𝔗 אִין, also Palm. (ib. p. 415), Arabic إِنْ, with א), a special application or development of the use a: Ex 4:1 והן לא יאמינו לי and behold (= and suppose) they will not believe me?, Lv 10:8; 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), Is 54:15 Jb 9:12; 13:15; 40:23 2 Ch 7:13(×2) (v 13b וְאִם); stating ground on which a qu. is based, Ex 8:22 (וְלֹא = הֲלֹא), Je 3:1 Hg 2:12 (v. הֵן Aramaic b). e.g. Exodus 4:1
- c. if, whether, in an indirect question, Je 2:10 רְאוּ הֵן הָֽיְתָה כָּזֹאת (but Gr הֲנִהְיְתָה); cf. אִם 2 b, and הֵן Aramaic c. e.g. Jeremiah 2:10
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. pron. 3 pl.fem., often in NH, in Bibl. Heb. only with prefixes, בָּהֵן, etc.: see under הֵמָּה 8 d.
II. (הֶן־ †Nu 23:9, 24 Jb 8:19, 20; 13:1; 26:14; 33:6, 12, 29; 36:5, 22, 26; הֵן־ Jb 13:15; 36:30 41:1 +) demonstr. adv. or interj. lo! behold (on etym. v. 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;
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive particle
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
הוּא ²
- , ch. same. Targ. Ex. I, 16; a. v. fr.—היא הדא, v. דָּא.—Y. Shebi. VII, 37ᶜ top בהוא אתר (R. S. to Shebi. VII, 3 בההוא אתרא) in the same place.—כל דהו whatsoever, v. preced. Arakh. 2ᵃ נפשות כל דהו human beings of any nature, v. כָּל.—Y. Kil. VI, 31ᵇ top כהיא דאמר וכ׳ (in Babli כי הא) as (that which) R. … said.—Pl. הֵן (perhaps only in Hebr. phrases); הִינוּן, הִינִין. Targ. Y. Ex. I, 10; Ib. 19 (O. אינ׳); a. fr.—With prefix ה: הַהוּא, הַהִיא. Targ. Y. Ex. XXI, 20; a. fr.—In Talmud frequ. used to introduce a case. Pes. 3ᵇ ה׳ ארמאה ד־ it occurred that a gentile &c. Keth. 78ᵇ ה׳ איתתא ד־ the case came up of a woman that &c.; a. v. fr.—ה׳ גברא, ה׳ איתתא frequ. euphemistically for myself, thyself (to avoid ominous speech or curse). Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 55ᵇ bot. אביו דה׳ ג׳ thy father. Ib.ᶜ top חמית ה׳ א׳ I saw; בעלה דה׳ א׳ thy husband; a. v. fr.—With prefix ד־: דהוא, דהיא, contr. דּוּ, דִּי, v. דְּ־ a. דּוּ.—With prefixed prep. בְּהוֹן, בּוֹן, לְהוֹן, לוֹן.
הֵן
- they, pl. of הוּא, הִיא.
הֵן ²
- (b. h. הֵן)
- 1. here is, behold. הִינָּם, הִינָּן behold, they are. Ned. V, 6 (48ᵃ) והי׳ לפניך אלא וכ׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. ואינן; Y. ed. והן בפניך עד) and behold they are before thee (thine), but only in order that my father &c.
- 2. (introducing a question or exclamation) how?, indeed! Y. Shek. I, 45ᵈ bot. הן נקרא ולא וכ׳ can we, indeed, read this and not feel ashamed? (Bab. ed. הניקרא, marginal correct. Ms. M. הן נק׳).
- 3. if. Dan. II, 5, sq.; a. fr.—הן—הן whether—or. Ezra VII, 26.—B. Bath. VII, 2 הן חסר הן יתר whether it be less (than a Beth Kor) or more. Ib. 3; a. e. e.g. Daniel 2:5
- 4. yes (cmp. אִין I). B. Mets. 49ᵃ, v. הִין II Mekh. Yithro s. 4 answer על לאו לאו ועל הן הן no to a prohibition and yes to a positive command. Ib. s. 5 ה׳ וה׳ yes, indeed; a fr.—Ned. 11ᵃ, a. fr. מכלל לאו אתה שומע הן from the negative we derive the affirmative by implication; Y. ib. I, end, 37ᵃ, a. e. ממשמע לאו וכ׳. Men. X, 3 (65ᵃ).
הָן
- 1. ה׳ ד־ he who. Targ. Prov. XIX, 1, a. fr. in Ms., ed. Lag. הֲווֹ q. v.—Pesik. Aḥaré, p. 169ᵇ, v. דְּחוּכָא; a. e.
- 2. this one, that one. Y. Meg. I, 72ᵃ היך … להן וכ׳ (Y. Succ. III, 54ᵃ top לדין), v. הֵיךְ. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ top [read:] מה הן שאל להן וכ׳; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ top מה הין דשאיל להון (corr. acc.) from all that this one asked that one &c.; a. fr.
- 3. what? Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ לְהָן, v. אֲהָן.
- 4. where (relat.), where? Esth. R. to I, 12 [read:] הן דליסטאה מקפח וכ׳ where the robber waylays, there he is executed. Y. Snh. I, 19ᵃ top; Y. Ned. VI, 40ᵃ bot. הן דמטא מטא where he came to, he came to (and his order was obeyed). Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot. [read:] להן דאשתלחית מינסבינן to the place whither I was sent to take them; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ להון דשלחית (read דאשתלחית). Gen. R. s. 78, v. בְּרָא. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ bot. להן ייזיל whither shall he go? Ib. II, 5ᵃ top מן הן הוא where is he from?; a. fr.—Pl. הַנְהוּ, הַנֵּי, הַנָּךְ those, these. Targ. Esth. I, 10; a. e.—Tam. 32ᵇ. B. Mets. 117ᵃ, v. הַהוּא.—Gitt. 6ᵃ הנך … דהני והני בדהנך וכ׳ those (the inhabitants of Ctesiphon) know the signatures of these (of Ardshir), but the latter do not know &c. Bets. 10ᵇ; a. v. fr.—*Fem. pl. הַנָּן. Y. Bets. V, 63ᵇ top רבנין … מפרשין לה׳ the Rabbis of Cæsarea report these (controversies) more explicitly (stating the opinion of each by name; Y. Pes. VIII, 36ᵃ top מפרשין להון).—הני מילי (abbrev. הנ"מ) these words (have been said), i.e. this is the case only &c. Ber. 21ᵃ bot. (הוה אמינא) הנ"מ יחיד ויחיד I might have thought this refers only to &c.—Ib. 15ᵃ והנ"מ לק"ש but this applies only to &c.; a. v. fr.—מנא הני מילי, v. מְנָא II.—Emphatic. הַנָּא, הַנָּה. Gen. R. s. 87 הנה טבא וכ׳ is this (slave) good? Is the omen favorable?; Yalk. ib. 145 הא טב וכ׳ (corr. acc.).
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Forms in the corpus
The 71 distinct written forms H2005 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הִנְ/נִ֨י | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:8 | 45 |
| הֵ֣ן | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 5:24 | 33 |
| הִנְ/נִ֣י | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 8:19 | 25 |
| הִנְ/נִ֥י | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 5:8 | 25 |
| הֵ֤ן | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 6:12 | 21 |
| הִנְ/נִ֤י | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 9:18 | 20 |
| הֶן | Particle, Interjection | Job 8:19 | 12 |
| הִנְ/נִי֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 23:28 | 10 |
| הִנְ/נִי֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 6:14 | 10 |
| הֵ֥ן | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 29:7 | 10 |
| הֵן | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 5:5 | 10 |
| הִנָּ֣/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 20:34 | 9 |
| הִנְ/נִ֧י | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 34:11 | 7 |
| הִנְ/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 34:11 | 6 |
| הִנֵּֽ/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 3:4 | 4 |
| הֵ֚ן | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 10:14 | 4 |
| הִנְ/נִ֔י | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 3:6 | 3 |
| הִנְ/נִ֛י | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 29:8 | 3 |
| הִנְנִ֥/י | Particle, Interjection | Genesis 9:9 | 2 |
| הִנְּ/ךָ֤ | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Kings 20:36 | 2 |
| הִנְּ/ךָ֥ | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Kings 22:25 | 2 |
| הִנָּ֕/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 33:18 | 2 |
| הֵ֛ן | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 55:4 | 2 |
| הֵן֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 4:14 | 2 |
| וְ/הִנְּ/ךָ֥ | Particle, Interjection | 1 Kings 11:22 | 2 |
| וְ/הִנָּ֖/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 40:6 | 2 |
| הִ֠נְ/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | Jeremiah 23:32 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נ֛וּ | Particle, Interjection | 2 Samuel 5:1 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נ֣וּ | Particle, Interjection | Joshua 9:25 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נ֤וּ | Particle, Interjection | Ezra 9:15 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נִ֕י | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Samuel 15:26 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נִ֖י | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 25:19 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נוּ֙ | Particle, Interjection | Jeremiah 3:22 | 1 |
| הִנְנִ֨/י | Particle, Interjection | Numbers 25:12 | 1 |
| הִנּ֣/וֹ | Particle, Interjection | Job 2:6 | 1 |
| הִנּ֤/וֹ | Particle, Interjection | 1 Chronicles 11:25 | 1 |
| הִנְּ/ךָ֨ | Particle, Demonstrative | Song of Solomon 1:16 | 1 |
| הִנְּ/כָ֤ה | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 7:2 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֑/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 58:9 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֔/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 65:1 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֣/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 65:1 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 54:16 | 1 |
| הִנֵּֽ/נוּ | Particle, Demonstrative | Job 38:35 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ/נּ֤וּ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 44:16 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֗/נּוּ | Particle, Demonstrative | Numbers 14:40 | 1 |
| הִנֶּֽ/ךָּ | Particle, Demonstrative | Psalms 139:8 | 1 |
| הִנָּ/ם֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 14:22 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֑/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 41:27 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֣/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Song of Solomon 4:1 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֤/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Song of Solomon 1:15 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֤/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 16:11 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֥/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Song of Solomon 1:15 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֥/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 20:16 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֨/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Song of Solomon 4:1 | 1 |
| הֵ֑ן | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 30:34 | 1 |
| הֵ֧ן | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 50:11 | 1 |
| הֵן֮ | Particle, Demonstrative | Proverbs 24:12 | 1 |
| הן | Particle, Interjection | Isaiah 54:16 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנְ/נִ֣י | Particle, Interjection | 1 Kings 5:5 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנְ/נִ֥י | Particle, Interjection | Genesis 6:13 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 11 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2005, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 291 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 311 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:22
- Exodus 4:1
- Leviticus 10:18
- Numbers 14:40
- Deuteronomy 5:24
- Joshua 9:25
- 1 Samuel 3:4
- 2 Samuel 1:7
- 1 Kings 11:22
- 2 Kings 7:2
- 1 Chronicles 11:25
- 2 Chronicles 7:13
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
