הֵןhên

lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if

Pronunciation: hane · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2005

Meanings

הֵן: lo! behold, 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

a. behold (Genesis 3:22; Genesis 4:14; Genesis 11:6)

b. if, as a hypothetical particle, propounding a possibility (Exodus 4:1; Leviticus 25:20; Isaiah 54:15)

הֵן: if, whether

1. if (Daniel 2:6; Daniel 3:15; Daniel 3:17)

2. whether … or, repeated (Ezra 7:26)

3. whether, in indirect question (Ezra 5:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 316 times in the Bible.

Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
Genesis 4:14 You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
Genesis 6:13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
Genesis 9:9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
Genesis 11:6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!
Genesis 15:3 You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.”

See every passage

Genesis 3:22, 4:14, 6:13, 9:9, 11:6, 15:3, 19:34, 27:11, 27:37, 29:7, 30:34, 39:8, 40:6, 41:17, 44:8, 44:16, 47:1, 47:23, 48:4
Exodus 4:1, 5:5, 6:12, 6:30, 8:21, 8:26, 9:18, 10:4, 14:17, 16:4, 17:6, 34:11
Leviticus 10:18, 10:19, 25:20
Numbers 14:40, 17:12, 23:9, 23:24, 24:14, 25:12, 31:16
Deuteronomy 5:24, 10:14, 31:14, 31:27
Joshua 9:25
1 Samuel 3:4, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:16, 12:3, 14:7, 14:43, 22:12, 25:19
2 Samuel 1:7, 5:1, 12:11, 15:26, 16:8
1 Kings 5:5, 11:22, 11:31, 14:10, 16:3, 17:12, 20:13, 20:36, 21:21, 22:25
2 Kings 7:2, 7:13, 7:19, 19:7, 20:5, 21:12, 22:16, 22:20
1 Chronicles 11:25
2 Chronicles 7:13, 16:11, 18:24, 20:16, 20:24, 20:34, 24:27, 25:26, 27:7, 28:26, 29:19, 32:32, 33:18, 33:19, 34:24, 34:28, 35:25, 35:27, 36:8
Ezra 9:15
Job 2:6, 4:18, 8:19, 8:20, 9:11, 9:12, 12:14, 12:15, 13:1, 13:15, 15:15, 19:7, 21:16, 21:27, 23:8, 24:5, 25:5, 26:14, 27:12, 28:28, 31:35, 32:11, 33:6, 33:10, 33:12, 33:29, 36:5, 36:22, 36:26, 36:30, 38:35, 40:4, 40:23, 41:9
Psalms 51:5, 51:6, 68:33, 78:20, 139:4, 139:8
Proverbs 11:31, 24:12
Song of Solomon 1:15, 1:16, 4:1
Isaiah 6:8, 13:17, 23:13, 28:16, 29:14, 32:1, 33:7, 37:7, 38:5, 38:8, 40:15, 41:11, 41:24, 41:27, 41:29, 42:1, 43:19, 44:11, 49:16, 49:21, 50:1, 50:2, 50:9, 50:11, 52:6, 54:15, 55:4, 55:5, 56:3, 58:3, 58:4, 58:9, 59:1, 64:5, 64:9, 65:1, 65:17, 65:18, 66:12
Jeremiah 1:15, 2:10, 2:35, 3:1, 3:22, 5:14, 5:15, 6:21, 8:17, 9:7, 9:15, 10:18, 11:11, 11:22, 12:14, 13:13, 16:9, 16:12, 16:16, 16:21, 19:3, 19:15, 20:4, 21:4, 21:8, 21:13, 23:2, 23:15, 23:30, 23:31, 23:32, 23:39, 25:9, 26:14, 28:16, 29:17, 29:21, 29:32, 30:10, 30:18, 31:8, 32:3, 32:24, 32:28, 32:37, 33:6, 34:2, 34:17, 34:22, 35:17, 39:16, 40:10, 42:4, 43:10, 44:2, 44:11, 44:26, 44:27, 44:30, 45:5, 46:25, 46:27, 49:5, 49:35, 50:18, 50:31, 51:1, 51:25, 51:36
Ezekiel 4:16, 5:8, 8:17, 13:8, 13:20, 14:22, 16:37, 18:4, 20:47, 21:3, 22:19, 23:22, 23:28, 24:16, 24:21, 25:4, 25:7, 25:9, 25:16, 26:3, 26:7, 28:7, 28:22, 29:3, 29:8, 29:10, 29:19, 30:22, 33:32, 34:10, 34:11, 34:17, 34:20, 35:3, 36:6, 36:9, 38:3, 39:1
Daniel 8:19
Hosea 2:6
Joel 2:19, 3:7
Amos 6:14, 7:8
Micah 2:3
Nahum 2:13, 3:5
Habakkuk 1:6
Zephaniah 3:19
Haggai 2:12
Zechariah 2:9, 2:10, 3:8, 3:9, 8:7
Malachi 2:3, 3:1

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