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הוּא

huhe/she/itHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentPronoun1,879 occurrences39 books1,692 verses

Definition

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; he a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Traditional renderings: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders הוּא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,879 total
  1. Joshua 18:13הִ֖יא · (that is
    From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
  2. Joshua 18:14הִ֚יא · (that is
    On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
  3. Joshua 18:28הִ֤יא · (that is
    Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
  4. Joshua 20:4הַהִ֖יא
    When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
  5. Joshua 20:5ה֛וּא
    Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
  6. Joshua 20:6הַהִ֗יא · in that
    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
  7. Joshua 20:7הִ֥יא · (that is
    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
  8. Joshua 21:11הִ֥יא · (that is
    They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
  9. Joshua 22:20וְהוּא֙ · [Achan]
    Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
  10. Joshua 22:22ה֣וּא · He; ה֣וּא
    “The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
  11. Joshua 22:23ה֥וּא · Himself
    If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
  12. Joshua 22:27ה֜וּא · let it be
    Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
  13. Joshua 22:28ה֔וּא
    Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
  14. Joshua 22:34הוּא֙ · It
    So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
  15. Joshua 23:3ה֖וּא · it
    …“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
  16. Joshua 23:5ה֚וּא
    The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
  17. Joshua 23:10ה֚וּא
    One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
  18. Joshua 24:17הוּא֩
    For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
  19. Joshua 24:18ה֖וּא · He
    And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
  20. Joshua 24:19ה֑וּא · He; ה֔וּא · He
    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
  21. Joshua 24:25הַה֑וּא · On that
    On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
  22. Joshua 24:27הִ֣יא · it
    And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
  23. Judges 1:26ה֣וּא · which
    And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
  24. Judges 2:5הַה֖וּא · that
    So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
  25. Judges 2:10הַה֔וּא
    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
  26. Judges 3:19וְה֣וּא · he himself
    But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
  27. Judges 3:20וְהֽוּא־ · while he
    Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
  28. Judges 3:24וְה֤וּא · After Ehud; ה֛וּא · He must be
    After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
  29. Judges 3:26וְהוּא֙ · He
    Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
  30. Judges 3:27וְה֥וּא · and he became their leader
    On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
  31. Judges 3:29הַהִ֗יא · At that
    At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
  32. Judges 3:30הַה֔וּא · that
    So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
  33. Judges 3:31ה֖וּא · And he too
    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
  34. Judges 4:2וְה֥וּא · who
    So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
  35. Judges 4:3וְ֠הוּא · and he
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
  36. Judges 4:4הִ֛יא · at that; הַהִֽיא׃
    Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
  37. Judges 4:5וְ֠הִיא · And she
    And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
  38. Judges 4:21וְהֽוּא־ · But as he
    But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
  39. Judges 4:23הַה֔וּא · On that
    On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
  40. Judges 5:1הַה֖וּא · On that
    On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
  41. Judges 5:29הִ֕יא · she
    Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
  42. Judges 6:22ה֑וּאס · it [was]
    When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Oh no, Lord GOD! I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!”
  43. Judges 6:25הַהוּא֒ · On that very
    On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
  44. Judges 6:31הוּא֙ · [Baal]
    But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
  45. Judges 6:32הַה֖וּא
    So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
  46. Judges 6:35ה֖וּא
    Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.