הוּא

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. Ezekiel 48:15ה֣וּא
    The remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it
  2. Daniel 8:21ה֖וּא · is
    The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
  3. Daniel 8:26ה֑וּא
    The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
  4. Daniel 10:4ה֥וּא
    On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
  5. Daniel 11:6הִ֤יא · she
    After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
  6. Daniel 11:8וְהוּא֙ · he
    He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
  7. Daniel 12:1הַהִיא֩ · At that; הַהִ֑יא · that; הַהִיא֙ · But at that
    “At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
  8. Hosea 1:5הַה֑וּא · on that
    And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
  9. Hosea 2:2הִיא֙ · she
    Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
  10. Hosea 2:8וְהִיא֙ · For she
    For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
  11. Hosea 2:16הַהוּא֙ · In that
    In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
  12. Hosea 2:18הַה֔וּא · On that
    On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
  13. Hosea 2:21הַה֗וּא · On that
    “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
  14. Hosea 2:23וְה֖וּא · and they
    And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
  15. Hosea 5:13וְה֗וּא · But he
    When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
  16. Hosea 6:1ה֥וּא · He
    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
  17. Hosea 7:6ה֥וּא · it
    For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
  18. Hosea 7:8ה֣וּא
    Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.
  19. Hosea 7:9וְה֖וּא · but he; וְה֖וּא · but he
    Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
  20. Hosea 8:6וְה֔וּא · this thing; ה֑וּא · and it
    For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.
  21. Hosea 10:2ה֚וּא · The LORD
    Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
  22. Hosea 11:5ה֣וּא
    Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
  23. Hosea 11:10ה֣וּא · He
    They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.
  24. Hosea 13:1ה֖וּא · he
    When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
  25. Hosea 13:13הוּא־ · but he is
    Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
  26. Hosea 13:15ה֔וּא · he; ה֣וּא · The wind
    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
  27. Joel 2:13ה֔וּא · He
    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
  28. Joel 3:1הַהִ֑יא · and at that
    “Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
  29. Joel 3:18הַה֜וּא · in that
    And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
  30. Amos 1:15ה֧וּא · he
    Their king will go into exile—he and his princes together,” says the LORD.
  31. Amos 2:9ה֖וּא · and he was
    Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
  32. Amos 2:16הַה֖וּא · on that
    Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.
  33. Amos 5:13הַהִ֖יא · in such; הִֽיא׃
    Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
  34. Amos 5:18הוּא־ · It [will be]
    Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
  35. Amos 7:2הֽוּא׃ · he
    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  36. Amos 7:5הֽוּא׃ · he
    Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
  37. Amos 7:6הִיא֙ · It
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  38. Amos 7:13ה֔וּא · it [is]; הֽוּא׃ס
    But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
  39. Amos 8:3הַה֔וּא · In that
    “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
  40. Amos 8:9הַה֗וּא · And in that
    And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
  41. Amos 8:13הַה֜וּא · In that
    In that day the lovely young women—the young men as well—will faint from thirst.
  42. Amos 9:11הַה֔וּא · In that
    “In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
  43. Obadiah 1:8הַה֖וּא · In that
    In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?