lahen · but; therefore; except

What it means

lahen (לָהֵן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “but; therefore; except”.

But; also "therefore" or "except" (Aramaic).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A word that adds an exception or contrast: «but», «unless», «apart from».

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• except ×4
• But ×2
• Therefore ×1
• unless ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×1
• Daniel×7

• Ezra 5:12

  But because our fathers angered the Elah of the heavens, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean; and this house he destroyed, and the people he carried into exile to Babylon.

• Daniel 2:11

  And the thing that the king asks is difficult, and there is no other who can declare it before the king except gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

• Daniel 2:30

  And as for me, not by wisdom that is in me more than in all the living has this mystery been revealed to me, but so that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

• Daniel 3:28

  Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and they changed the king’s word and gave their bodies so that they would not serve and not bow down to any god except their Elah.

• Daniel 4:27

  Therefore, O king, may my counsel be pleasing to you: break off your sins by righteousness and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

• Daniel 6:5

  Then these men said, “We will not find against this Daniel any pretext unless we find it against him in the law of his Elah.”

• Daniel 6:7

  All the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the advisers and the governors, have agreed to establish a royal statute and to enforce a prohibition, that whoever makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions.

• Daniel 6:12

  Then they came near and said before the king concerning the prohibition of the king, “Did you not sign a prohibition, that any man who makes a request of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be thrown into the den of the lions?” The king answered and said, “The matter is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked.”