הִנֵּה
behold
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Every verse where H2009 appears in the Book of Ezekiel — 75 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.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 1:4 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
- Ezekiel 1:15 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.
- Ezekiel 2:9 וְ/הִנֵּה וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;
- Ezekiel 3:8 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads.
- Ezekiel 3:23 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of Yahweh stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 3:25 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem But you, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands on you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:
- Ezekiel 4:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
- Ezekiel 4:14 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
- Ezekiel 6:3 הִנְ/נִ֨י ptcl dem + sfx pers 1cs and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places.
- Ezekiel 7:5 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Thus says the Lord Yahweh: An evil, an only evil; behold, it comes.
- Ezekiel 7:6 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem An end is come, the end is come; it awakes against you; behold, it comes.
- Ezekiel 7:10 הִנֵּ֥ה הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem ptcl dem Behold, the day, behold, it comes: your doom is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
- Ezekiel 8:2 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Then I saw, and, behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.
- Ezekiel 8:4 וְ/הִ֨נֵּה conj + ptcl dem Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the appearance that I saw in the plain.
- Ezekiel 8:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and see, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
- Ezekiel 8:7 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.
- Ezekiel 8:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem Then said he to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dug in the wall, behold, a door.
- Ezekiel 8:10 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem So I went in and saw; and see, every form of creeping things, and abominable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed on the wall round about.
- Ezekiel 8:14 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh's house which was toward the north; and see, there sat the women weeping for Tammuz.
- Ezekiel 8:16 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem He brought me into the inner court of Yahweh's house; and see, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they were worshipping the sun toward the east.
- Ezekiel 9:2 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
- Ezekiel 9:11 וְ/הִנֵּ֞ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.
- Ezekiel 10:1 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
- Ezekiel 10:9 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
- Ezekiel 11:1 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Moreover the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of Yahweh's house, which looks eastward: and see, at the door of the gate twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
- Ezekiel 12:27 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many day to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.
- Ezekiel 13:10 וְ/הִנָּ֛/ם conj + ptcl dem + sfx pers 3mp Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one builds up a wall, behold, they daub it with whitewash:
- Ezekiel 13:12 וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?
- Ezekiel 14:22 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
- Ezekiel 15:4 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?
- Ezekiel 15:5 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
- Ezekiel 16:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.
- Ezekiel 16:27 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary [food], and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.
- Ezekiel 16:44 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Behold, everyone who uses proverbs shall use [this] proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
- Ezekiel 16:49 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
- Ezekiel 17:7 וְ/הִנֵּה֩ conj + ptcl dem There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
- Ezekiel 17:10 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.
- Ezekiel 17:12 הִנֵּה ptcl dem Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king of it, and the princes of it, and brought them to him to Babylon:
- Ezekiel 17:18 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה conj + ptcl dem For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.
- Ezekiel 18:14 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Now, behold, if he fathers a son, who sees all his father's sins, which he has done, and fears, and does not such like;
- Ezekiel 18:18 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
- Ezekiel 21:7 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem It shall be, when they tell you, Why do you sigh? that you shall say, Because of the news, for it comes; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 22:6 הִנֵּה֙ ptcl dem Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
- Ezekiel 22:13 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
- Ezekiel 23:39 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, behold, thus have they done in the midst of my house.
- Ezekiel 23:40 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Furthermore you have sent for men who come from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and, behold, they came; for whom you did wash yourself, paint your eyes, and deck yourself with ornaments,
- Ezekiel 25:8 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations;
- Ezekiel 28:3 הִנֵּ֥ה ptcl dem behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from you;
- Ezekiel 30:9 הִנֵּ֖ה ptcl dem In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.
- Ezekiel 30:21 וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה conj + ptcl dem Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up, to apply [healing] medicines, to put a bandage to bind it, that it be strong to hold the sword.
- Ezekiel 31:3 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
- Ezekiel 33:33 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem When this comes to pass, (behold, it comes), then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.
- Ezekiel 37:2 וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה conj + ptcl dem conj + ptcl dem He caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, behold, they were very dry.
- Ezekiel 37:5 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
- Ezekiel 37:7 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.
- Ezekiel 37:8 וְ/הִנֵּֽה conj + ptcl dem I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.
- Ezekiel 37:11 הִנֵּ֣ה ptcl dem Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.
- Ezekiel 37:12 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem Therefore prophesy, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.
- Ezekiel 37:19 הִנֵּה֩ ptcl dem tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, [even] with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.
- Ezekiel 37:21 הִנֵּ֨ה ptcl dem Say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
- Ezekiel 39:8 הִנֵּ֤ה ptcl dem Behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh; this is the day about which I have spoken.
- Ezekiel 40:3 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem He brought me there; and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
- Ezekiel 40:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:17 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Then brought he me into the outer court; and, behold, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were on the pavement.
- Ezekiel 40:24 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem He led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts of it and the arches of it according to these measures.
- Ezekiel 42:8 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, behold, before the temple were one hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 43:2 וְ/הִנֵּ֗ה conj + ptcl dem Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
- Ezekiel 43:5 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
- Ezekiel 43:12 הִנֵּה ptcl dem This is the law of the house: on the top of the mountain the whole limit of it round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house.
- Ezekiel 44:4 וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה conj + ptcl dem Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and, behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh: and I fell on my face.
- Ezekiel 46:19 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Then he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the hinder part westward.
- Ezekiel 46:21 וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה conj + ptcl dem Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court.
- Ezekiel 47:1 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem He brought me back to the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the forefront of the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar.
- Ezekiel 47:2 וְ/הִנֵּה conj + ptcl dem Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of [the gate] that looks toward the east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
- Ezekiel 47:7 וְ/הִנֵּה֙ conj + ptcl dem Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
About this entry
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At its core, הנה (hinnêh) means “behold.” First canonically at Genesis 1:29, it enters the text early. With 799 verses in 35 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. From the same root come הן, הן and להן. Dig into 799-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2009 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 →
- 799
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 799 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #53
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 53 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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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 799 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 491 verses · 61%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 203 verses · 25%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 105 verses · 13%
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).
- King James Version: Behold 9×, Lo 5×
- American Standard Version: Behold 7×, And 3×, Lo 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Behold 169×, Look 75×, There 36×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Behold 767×, Behold me 65×, Behold i 27×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2009 across 17 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.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2009 across 17 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 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 H2009 across 685 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 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 154 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2009 across 947 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 12 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 4 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.
- a. pointing to persons or things, Gn 12:19 and now הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ behold thy wife! 18:9 הִנֵּה בָאֹהֶל behold (she is) in the tent (the suffix, when the noun to which הנה refers has immediately preceded, being not unfrequently omitted, 16:14: cf. Dr§ 135. 6, 2), 30:3; 31:51(×2) Ex 24:8 1 K 2:29. With sf. of 1 ps., especially in response to a call, indicating the readiness of the person addressed to listen or obey, Here I am! (lit. Behold me!) Gn 22:1, 7, 11; 27:1, 18; 31:11; 37:13; 46:2 Ex 3:4 1 S 3:4, 5, 6, 8, 16; 22:12 2 S 1:7 Is, 6:8, cf. 1 S 12:3 הִנְנִי עֲנוּ בִי here I am, answer against me, 14:43 (cf. Drp. 292), 2 S 15:26 (in resignation: cf. Gn 44:16; 50:18 Jos 9:25 Ezr 9:15): of God Is 52:6; 58:9; 65:1(×2) (repeated for emphasis). In the pl. הננו Nu 14:40 Je 3:22 Jb 38:35.—Emph. הִנְנִי אָ֕נִי Ez 34:11, 20, cf. 6:3. On הִנְנִי אֶל …, v. אל 4, p. 40. e.g. Genesis 12:19
- b. introducing clauses involving predication: (a) with ref. to the past or present, it points generally to some truth either newly asserted, or newly recognised, Gn 1:29 behold! I have given to you all herbs etc. 17:20; 27:6 1 S 14:33 etc.; often one upon which some proposal or suggestion is to be founded, Ex 1:9 (cf. הן Gn 11:6) 1 S 20:2, 5; 2 K 5:20. When the proposal is to be of the nature of an entreaty or request, הִנֵּה־נָא is often used, instead of the simple הִנֵּה Gn 12:11; 16:2; 18:27 1 K 20:31; 22:13 al. (v. נָא). (b) with ref. to the future. Here it serves to introduce a solemn or important declaration Ex 32:34; 34:10 Is 7:14; and is used especially with the ptcp. (the fut. instans, Dr§ 135, 3) in predictions or threats, Gn 20:3 הִנְּךָ מֵת (lit.) behold thee (accus.) about to die, thou art about to die, Ex 4:23; 7:17; 9:3 Dt 31:16 1 S 3:11 1 K 20:35; 22:25 Is 3:1; 10:33; 17:1; 19:1; 22:17; 24:1 + often; in the phrase הנה ימים באים †1 S 2:31 2 K 20:17 = Is 39:6 Am 4:2; 8:11; 9:13 + Je 15 times; very often with the suffix of 1 ps. sg., as הִנְנִי מֵבִיא Behold, I bring (lit. behold me bringing, or about to bring) … Gn 6:17 Ex 10:4 & often, especially in Je; Gn 9:9 Ex 8:17; 9:18; 34:11 2 K 22:20 Is 13:17; 29:14; 43:19 Je 8:17; 11:22 (הִנְנִי פֹקֵד; so 23:2 +) 16:16; 20:4, etc.; anomalously, with change of person, Is 28:16 הִנְנִי יִסַּד (according to points) behold me, one who has founded, 29:14 הִנְנִי יוֹסִף behold me, one who will add (so 38:5); but it is dub. whether the ptcp. יֹסֵד, יוֹסֵף should not be read. e.g. Genesis 1:29
- c. וְהִנֵּה … very freq. in historical style, especially (but not exclusively) after verbs of seeing or discovering, making the narrative graphic and vivid, and enabling the reader to enter into the surprise or satisfaction of the speaker or actor concerned: Gn 1:31 and behold, it was very good, 6:12; 8:13; 15:12; 18:2; 37:29 Ex 2:6 Dt 9:13 etc.: in the description of a dream Gn 37:7, 9; 40:9, 16; 41:1, 2, 3 Is 29:8, or of a vision Am 7:1, 4; 8:1 etc. With a ptcp. (the context fixing the sense to the past), Gn 24:30; 37:15 (both without suffix); Ju 9:43; 11:34 1 K 19:5, 11 +. e.g. Genesis 1:31
- d. like II. הֵן (b), nearly = if (rare): Lv 13:5, 6, 8, 10 (& elsewhere in this and the next ch.) וְהִנֵּה and behold = and if, Dt 13:15 and 17:4 וְהִנֵּה אֱמֶת and behold it is true = and if it be true, 19:18 1 S 20:12; cf. 1 S 9:7 2 S 18:11 Ho 9:6; with ו׳ in apod. 2 K 10:9. e.g. Leviticus 13:5
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
Once הִנֶּה־ Gn 19:2, demonstr. part. lo! behold! (Arabic إِنَّ certainly, surely, lit. lo!), with sf. (the pron. being conceived as accus., Ew§ 262 c; cf. إِنَّ, which takes an accus., whether of a noun or pron. sf.) הִנְנִי Gn 6:13 + often (also הִנֶּ֣נִּי Gn 22:7), הִנֵּ֑נִי Gn 22:1, 11 +, (הִנֶּ֔נִּי Gn 27:18), †Is 65:1 הִנֵּ֣נִי הִנֵּ֔נִי (but הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי is also said Gn 24:13, 43; 25:32; 48:21 Ex 4:23; 7:17 +; and, more rarely, הִנֵּה אֲנִי Ez 37:5, 12, 19, 21 2 Ch 2:3, cf. 2 K 10:9 Je 32:27); הִנְּךָ Gn 20:3 + (†2 K 7:2 הִנְּכָה), הִנֶּ֑ךָּ †ψ139:8, fem. הִנָּךְ Gn 16:11 + 6 times; הִנּוֹ †Nu 23:17 Jb 2:6 1 Ch 11:25, הִנֵּ֫הוּ †Je 18:3 Kt (הִנֵּה הוּא is more usual, as Gn 20:16; 42:27; 1 S 10:22 Je 38:5 Ru 3:2): 1 pl. הִנְנוּ †Jos 9:25 2 S 5:1 Je 3:22 Ezr 9:15, הִנֶּ֫נּוּ †Gn 44:16; 50:18 Nu 14:40, הִנֵּ֑נוּ Jb 38:35; הִנְּכֶם †Dt 1:10 Je 16:12; הִנָּם Gn 40:6 + often (37 times)—lo! behold!
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from הן (hên) (H2005) — behold.
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.
הַנָּה
- , v. הָן
הִנֵּה
- v. הֵן) behold, here is. Koh. R. to V, 6 ה׳ של בו"ד the ‘here is’ of a human being (Esth. VIII, 7), ה׳ של הק"בה the ‘here is’ of the Lord (Zech. XIV, 1).—הִנֵּנִי here am I. Gen. R. s. 55 ה׳ לכהונה I am ready for priesthood; a. fr. e.g. Esther 8:7
הָנָה
- , v. הני
הני
- (denom. of הֲנָאָה), Nif. נֶהֱנֶה (= נֵאוֹת, v. אוֹת I)
- 1. to be pleased, to enjoy, to profit. B. Kam. 20ᵃ, a. fr. זה נה׳ the one is benefitted &c., opp. חָסֵר. Ib. II, 2 משלם מה שנֶהֱנֵית he must pay for what the animal has enjoyed (eaten or drunk), contrad. to מה שהזיקה what she has damaged. Ber. 10ᵇ הרוצה לֵהָנוֹת יהָנֶה וכ׳ (Rashi לֵיהָ׳) he who desires to make use (of people’s hospitalities), may do so following the example of Elisha. R. Hash. 28ᵃ, a. fr. מצות לא ליהנות ניתנו religious ceremonies are not considered an enjoyment (as regards the use of sacred property &c.); a. v. fr.
- 2. to be enjoyed. Ber. 35ᵃ דבר שנ׳ something which is enjoyable (can be eaten &c.).
- to benefit, to entertain, to cause to share. Snh. 92ᵃ אינו מְהַנֶּה ת"ח וכ׳ allows no scholar to share his wealth. Ber. 63ᵇ bot. ומְהַנֵּהוּ וכ׳ and invites him to partake of his wealth. Yad. IV, 3 הרי אתה כמְהַנָּן וכ׳ you appear to benefit them pecuniarily, but &c. Ab. Zar. 16ᵇ sq. שמא דבר מינית … והִנָּאֲךָ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) perhaps a heretical idea was communicated to thee and it pleased thee; Yalk. Prov. 937; a. fr. [Snh. 102ᵇ הֶהֱנָה Hif., marginal note היה מְהַנֶּה; v. Yalk. Kings 207.]
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 60 distinct written forms H2009 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| הִנֵּ֣ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 8:11 | 70 |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 6:11 | 66 |
| הִנֵּ֥ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 4:2 | 62 |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 9:13 | 60 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:4 | 60 |
| הִנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 11:2 | 56 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 8:3 | 48 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 8:5 | 43 |
| וְ/הִנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 10:10 | 43 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Ecclesiastes 2:11 | 37 |
| וְ/הִנֵּה֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:1 | 31 |
| הִנֵּ֛ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 2:13 | 26 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֛ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 8:15 | 26 |
| הִנֵּה֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 4:23 | 24 |
| הִנֵּֽה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 18:31 | 16 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֖ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 8:1 | 16 |
| הִנֵּה֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 4:13 | 15 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֧ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:7 | 13 |
| הִנֵּ֧ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 31:6 | 11 |
| הִנֵּ֖ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 8:20 | 10 |
| וְ/הִנֵּה֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 1:4 | 10 |
| הִ֠נֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 22:20 | 9 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֗ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Daniel 10:16 | 8 |
| הִנָּ֣/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Chronicles 29:29 | 7 |
| וְ֠/הִנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 37:7 | 7 |
| וְ/הִ֨נֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 7:1 | 5 |
| וְ/הִנֵּֽה | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 37:8 | 5 |
| הִנֵּ֗ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 1:9 | 4 |
| הִנֵּ֞ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Amos 9:8 | 4 |
| הִנֵּֽנִ/י | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 22:1 | 4 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֞ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 16:14 | 4 |
| הִ֭נֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Job 4:3 | 3 |
| הִנֵּ֪ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Psalms 11:2 | 3 |
| הִנֵּֽ/נִי | Particle, Demonstrative | Exodus 3:4 | 3 |
| וְ/הִנָּ֛/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 13:10 | 3 |
| הִֽנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 20:5 | 2 |
| הִנְּ/ךָ֥ | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 31:16 | 2 |
| הִנֵּה֮ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 20:17 | 2 |
| הִנָּ֥/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 16:11 | 2 |
| וְ/הִנֵּ֡ה | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 19:11 | 2 |
| וְ/הִנָּ/ם֙ | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Chronicles 20:2 | 2 |
| הִנְ/נִ֨י | Particle, Demonstrative | Ezekiel 6:3 | 1 |
| הִנְ/נִי֩ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 6:17 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֑ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Job 9:19 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֔ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Habakkuk 2:13 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֕ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 18:12 | 1 |
| הִנֵּ֡ה | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Samuel 20:2 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֔נִּ/י | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 27:18 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֣ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 19:2 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֣נִּֽ/י | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 22:7 | 1 |
| הִנֶּ֥/נּֽוּ | Particle, Demonstrative | Genesis 50:18 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֗/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 2 Kings 7:13 | 1 |
| הִנָּ֨/ךְ | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 13:5 | 1 |
| ו/הנ/הו | Particle, Demonstrative | Jeremiah 18:3 | 1 |
| וְ/הְנֵּ֛ה | Particle, Demonstrative | Judges 3:25 | 1 |
| וְ/הִֽנֵּה | Particle, Demonstrative | Isaiah 49:12 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנּ֤/וֹ | Particle, Demonstrative | Numbers 23:17 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנְּ/כֶ֣ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Deuteronomy 1:10 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנָּ֣/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | 1 Chronicles 9:1 | 1 |
| וְ/הִנָּ֨/ם | Particle, Demonstrative | Joshua 7:21 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2009, 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.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 769 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 799 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 1:29
- Exodus 1:9
- Leviticus 10:16
- Numbers 3:12
- Deuteronomy 1:10
- Joshua 2:2
- Judges 1:2
- Ruth 1:15
- 1 Samuel 2:31
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 1:14
- 2 Kings 1:9
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.
