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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. 2 Samuel 19:2הַה֛וּא · And that; הַהוּא֙ · on that
    And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”
  2. 2 Samuel 19:3הַה֖וּא · that
    So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.
  3. 2 Samuel 19:9וְה֤וּא · and
    And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
  4. 2 Samuel 19:32וְהֽוּא־ · he; ה֖וּא
    Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
  5. 2 Samuel 20:8וְה֥וּא · And as he
    And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.
  6. 2 Samuel 21:16וְה֖וּא · and who
    Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
  7. 2 Samuel 21:20ה֖וּא · He
    And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
  8. 2 Samuel 22:31ה֔וּא · He
    As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
  9. 2 Samuel 23:8ה֚וּא · He
    These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
  10. 2 Samuel 23:10ה֣וּא · but Eleazar; הַה֑וּא · that
    …but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.
  11. 2 Samuel 23:18ה֚וּא; וְהוּא֙ · and he
    Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
  12. 2 Samuel 23:20ה֣וּא · [He]; וְ֠הוּא · he
    And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
  13. 2 Samuel 23:21וְהוּא־ · He
    He also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
  14. 2 Samuel 24:13וְה֣וּא
    So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
  15. 2 Samuel 24:18הַה֑וּא · And that
    And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
  16. 1 Kings 1:6ה֤וּא · [Adonijah was]
    (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
  17. 1 Kings 1:13וְה֖וּא · and he
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  18. 1 Kings 1:17וְה֖וּא · and he
    “My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
  19. 1 Kings 1:24וְה֖וּא · and he
    “My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
  20. 1 Kings 1:30וְה֛וּא · and he
    I will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
  21. 1 Kings 1:35וְה֥וּא · and
    Then you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
  22. 1 Kings 1:45ה֥וּא · That is
    Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
  23. 1 Kings 2:8וְה֤וּא · He; וְהֽוּא־ · but when
    Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
  24. 1 Kings 2:22ה֥וּא · he
    King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
  25. 1 Kings 3:3ה֥וּא · he
    And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  26. 1 Kings 3:4הִ֖יא · it [was]; הַהֽוּא׃ · the
    Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
  27. 1 Kings 3:27הִ֖יא · she
    Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
  28. 1 Kings 4:15ה֗וּא · (he
    Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
  29. 1 Kings 4:24ה֞וּא · [Solomon]
    For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
  30. 1 Kings 5:5הֽוּא־ · and he
    So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
  31. 1 Kings 6:1ה֚וּא
    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
  32. 1 Kings 6:17ה֖וּא
    And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
  33. 1 Kings 6:38ה֚וּא
    In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
  34. 1 Kings 7:14ה֜וּא · He [was]
    He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.
  35. 1 Kings 8:1הִ֥יא
    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
  36. 1 Kings 8:2ה֖וּא
    And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
  37. 1 Kings 8:19הֽוּא־
    Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
  38. 1 Kings 8:41ה֑וּא
    And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
  39. 1 Kings 8:60ה֣וּא
    …so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
  40. 1 Kings 8:64הַה֗וּא · On that same
    On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
  41. 1 Kings 8:65הַהִ֣יא׀ · So at that
    So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
  42. 1 Kings 10:10הַה֥וּא · in such
    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
  43. 1 Kings 10:13הִ֥יא
    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.