Hebrew conj · H3861
לָהֵן
lahenlaw-hane'
except
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lâhên
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3861is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3861
therefore; also except
The King James renders it: but, except, save, therefore, wherefore.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lahen is rendered "except". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Six of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 5:12But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
Ezra 5:12לָהֵ֗ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- except5
- but2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָהֵן | lahen | therefore | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לָהֵ֗ן2
- לָהֵן֙2
- לָהֵ֣ן1
- לָהֵ֖ן1
- לָהֵ֕ן1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”)7AC
Ezra
one use
But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
- לָהֵ֗ןlahenconjunction (“and”)tagged: but
Daniel
six uses
What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
- לָהֵ֣ןlahenconjunction (“and”)tagged: except
And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
- לָהֵ֗ןlahenconjunction (“and”)tagged: but
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
- לָהֵ֖ןlahenconjunction (“and”)tagged: except
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
- לָהֵ֕ןlahenconjunction (“and”)tagged: except
All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
- לָהֵן֙lahenconjunction (“and”)tagged: except
So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
- לָהֵן֙lahenconjunction (“and”)tagged: except
The letters
Gematria 85· 735 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.