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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)
Questions this word decides
- 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?
Where it appears
317 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 11:25 HTj/Sp3ms1 Kings 5:5 HC/Tj/Sp1cs1 Kings 11:22 HC/Tj/Sp2ms1 Kings 11:31 HTm/Sp1cs1 Kings 14:10 HTm/Sp1cs1 Kings 16:3 HTm/Sp1cs1 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.