הֵן
hên · H2006 · Aramaic · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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A conditional particle introducing a hypothetical condition, "if," indicating the protasis of a conditional clause
ExamplesDaniel 2:5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, 'The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be turned into a rubbish heap.'
Daniel 3:15 Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall down and worship the statue that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you from my hands?
Ezra 4:13 Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom tax, or toll, and it will be detrimental to the revenue of the kings.
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A disjunctive particle expressing alternatives or uncertainty, "whether... or," used in presenting options or possibilities
ExamplesEzra 7:26 And whoever does not comply with the Law of your God and the law of the king, judgment is to be executed upon him strictly, whether for death or for banishment, or for confiscation of property or for imprisonment.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- ἐάν eán · G1437 · if, when
- Greek ἐάν functions as the standard conditional particle in Koine Greek, directly rendering Hebrew הֵן in its conditional protasis uses ('if', 'in case that'), with both lexemes marking hypothetical or contingent scenarios in their respective languages.
- εἰ ei · G1487 · if, since, because
- Greek conditional/interrogative particle εἰ directly translates Hebrew conditional/interrogative particle הֵן in LXX alignment data, both functioning as markers of conditionality or indirect questions.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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