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הֵן
hên · Hebrew · Strong's H2005 · 317 occurrences
The KJV renders 19 different Hebrew and Greek words as “behold”
What it means
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
a primitive particle;
How the KJV renders it
behold, though
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“behold”
“though”
also renders gam (H1571)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
- Do believers spend eternity in heaven, or on a renewed earth?
Where it appears
317 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 11:25 · HTj/Sp3ms
Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three; and David set him over his guard.
1 Kings 5:5 · HC/Tj/Sp1cs
Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house for my name.’
1 Kings 11:22 · HC/Tj/Sp2ms
Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country?” He answered, “Nothing, however only let me depart.”
1 Kings 11:31 · HTm/Sp1cs
He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten pieces; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and will give ten tribes to you
1 Kings 14:10 · HTm/Sp1cs
therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
1 Kings 16:3 · HTm/Sp1cs
behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house; and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings 17:12 HC/Tj/Sp1cs1 Kings 20:13 HTm/Sp1cs1 Kings 20:36 HTm/Sp2ms1 Kings 21:21 HTm/Sp1cs1 Kings 22:25 HTm/Sp2ms1 Samuel 3:4 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 3:5 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 3:6 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 3:8 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 3:16 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 12:3 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 14:7 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 14:43 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 22:12 HTm/Sp1cs1 Samuel 25:19 HTm/Sp1cs2 Chronicles 7:13 HC/Tj2 Chronicles 16:11 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 18:24 HTm/Sp2ms2 Chronicles 20:16 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 20:24 HC/Tm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 20:34 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 24:27 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 25:26 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 27:7 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 28:26 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 29:19 HC/Tm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 32:32 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 33:18 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 33:19 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 34:24 HTm/Sp1cs2 Chronicles 34:28 HTm/Sp1cs2 Chronicles 35:25 HC/Tm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 35:27 HTm/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 36:8 HTm/Sp3mp2 Kings 7:2 HTm/Sp2ms2 Kings 7:13 HTm/Sp3mp2 Kings 7:19 HTm/Sp2ms2 Kings 19:7 HTm/Sp1cs2 Kings 20:5 HTm/Sp1cs2 Kings 21:12 HTm/Sp1cs2 Kings 22:16 HTm/Sp1cs2 Kings 22:20 HTm/Sp1cs2 Samuel 1:7 HTm/Sp1cs2 Samuel 5:1 HTj/Sp1cp2 Samuel 12:11 HTm/Sp1cs2 Samuel 15:26 HTm/Sp1cs2 Samuel 16:8 HC/Tj/Sp2msAmos 6:14 HTm/Sp1csAmos 7:8 HTm/Sp1csDaniel 8:19 HTm/Sp1csDeuteronomy 5:24 HTmDeuteronomy 10:14 HTmDeuteronomy 31:14 HTmDeuteronomy 31:27 HTm
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.