Strong's H2004 · Hebrew
הֵן
hên · /hane/
Definition
they (only used when emphatic)
KJV: [idiom] in, such like, (with) them, thereby, therein, (more than) they, wherein, in which, whom, withal.
Root / derivation: feminine plural from H1931 (הוּא);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered הֵן across 16 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
16 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis2 verses
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 30:26Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
Exodus2 verses
And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. to: or, to pour out withal
Exodus 37:16And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. to cover: or, to pour out withal
Leviticus3 verses
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Leviticus 11:21Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
Leviticus 14:40Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
Numbers2 verses
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 16:7And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
Jeremiah3 verses
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Jeremiah 48:9Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Jeremiah 51:43Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Ezekiel3 verses
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. as if: or, that was lothed as a small thing
Ezekiel 16:52Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
Ezekiel 18:14Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H2004 (hên) mean?
they (only used when emphatic)
How many times does H2004 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H2004 (הֵן) appears in 16 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “therein.”
How is hên translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H2004 is rendered as “therein” (4×), “withal” (3×), “they” (2×), “which” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word הֵן come from?
feminine plural from H1931 (הוּא);