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.
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
Occurrences
1,879 total
- 1 Chronicles 27:32ה֑וּא · heDavid’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 28:6הֽוּא־ · is the oneAnd He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- 1 Chronicles 29:16הִיא · comesO LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.
- 1 Chronicles 29:21הַהוּא֒The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 29:22הַה֖וּא · ThatThat day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
- 2 Chronicles 1:7הַה֔וּא · ThatThat night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- 2 Chronicles 4:21ה֖וּא…the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
- 2 Chronicles 5:2הִ֥יאAt that time Solomon assembled 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.
- 2 Chronicles 5:3ה֖וּאSo all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 6:9הֽוּא־Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
- 2 Chronicles 6:32הוּא֒And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
- 2 Chronicles 7:8הַהִ֜יא · So at thatSo at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.
- 2 Chronicles 9:9הַה֔וּא · suchThen she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 9:12הִ֥יא · Then sheKing Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
- 2 Chronicles 10:2וְה֣וּאWhen Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 13:18הַהִ֑יא · at thatThus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11הַה֔וּא · At thatAt that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
- 2 Chronicles 16:7הַהִ֗יא · At thatAt that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
- 2 Chronicles 16:10הַהִֽיא׃ · And at the sameAsa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
- 2 Chronicles 18:7ה֖וּא · HeThe king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
- 2 Chronicles 18:24הַה֑וּא · on thatMicaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:31ה֔וּא · ThisWhen the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.
- 2 Chronicles 18:34הַה֔וּא · throughout thatThe battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2הִ֖יא · (that isThen some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
- 2 Chronicles 20:6ה֤וּא…and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
- 2 Chronicles 20:25הֽוּא׃Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
- 2 Chronicles 20:26הַה֛וּא · thatOn the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
- 2 Chronicles 20:35ה֖וּא · whoLater, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.
- 2 Chronicles 21:3ה֥וּא · heTheir father had given them many gifts of silver and gold and precious things, as well as the fortified cities in Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn.
- 2 Chronicles 21:10הַהִ֖יא · at the sameSo to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his hand at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 21:11ה֥וּא · JehoramJehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3ה֣וּא · AhaziahAhaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6הֽוּא׃ · [Joram]So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9וְה֧וּא · while he; ה֔וּא · HeThen Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.” So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 22:11הִיא֩But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
- 2 Chronicles 25:20הִ֔יא · this [had come ]But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 25:21ה֖וּא · and heSo Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:1וְה֕וּא · whoAll the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
- 2 Chronicles 26:2ה֚וּא · [Uzziah was the one]Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 26:20ה֤וּא · his; הוּא֙ · he himselfWhen Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
- 2 Chronicles 26:23ה֑וּא · He [was]And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 27:3ה֗וּא · JothamJotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
- 2 Chronicles 27:5וְ֠הוּא · [Jotham]; הַהִ֗יא · and thatJotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver, ten thousand cors of wheat, and ten thousand cors of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.
- 2 Chronicles 28:3וְה֥וּא · Moreover, AhazMoreover, Ahaz burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom and sacrificed his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- 2 Chronicles 28:16הַהִ֗יא · At thatAt that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22ה֖וּאIn the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 29:3ה֣וּאIn the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.