הֵנָּהhênnâh
hither
Pronunciation: hane'-naw · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2008
Meanings
a. place: (a), hither (Genesis 15:16; Genesis 42:15; Genesis 45:5)
b. time, hitherto (Genesis 15:16; Genesis 44:28; Judges 16:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 49 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:16 After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”
- Genesis 21:23 “Swear to me in God’s name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”
- Genesis 42:15 This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt unless your youngest brother comes here!
- Genesis 44:28 and one of them went away and never returned. Doubtless he was torn to pieces by some wild animal. I have never seen him since.
- Genesis 45:5 But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.
- Genesis 45:8 So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.
See every passage
- Genesis 15:16, 21:23, 42:15, 44:28, 45:5, 45:8, 45:13
- Numbers 14:19
- Joshua 2:2, 3:9, 8:20, 18:6
- Judges 16:2, 16:13
- 1 Samuel 1:16, 7:12, 20:21
- 2 Samuel 1:10, 5:6, 14:32, 20:16
- 1 Kings 20:40
- 2 Kings 2:8, 2:14, 4:35, 8:7
- 1 Chronicles 9:18, 11:5, 12:29
- 2 Chronicles 28:13
- Psalms 71:17
- Proverbs 9:4, 9:16, 25:7
- Isaiah 57:3
- Jeremiah 31:8, 48:47, 50:5, 51:64
- Ezekiel 40:4
- Daniel 12:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).