הוּא

hu · he/she/it

Hebrew · Strong's H1931 · Pronoun · Sounds like: hoo · 1,878 occurrences

English

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; 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; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הוּא m. הִיא f., pron. of the 3rd ps. sing. he, she, used also (in both genders) for the neuter it
1. an emph. he (she, it, they), sometimes equivalent to himself (herself, itself, themselves), or (esp. with the art.) that (those)
2. It resumes the subj. with emph.
3. Where, however, the pron. follows the pred., its position gives it the minimum of emphasis, and it expresses (or resumes) the subject as unobtrusively as possible
4. It anticipates (as it seems) the subject
5. As an emph. predicate, of God
6. In a neuter sense, that, it (of an action, occurrence, matte, etc.)
7. With the art.: so regularly when joined to a subst. defined itself by the art.

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 2:11 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

  2. Genesis 2:12 הַהִ֖וא ha.Hiv' · Stands in for a person or thing

    and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

  3. Genesis 2:13 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Cush.

  4. Genesis 2:14 ה֥וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

  5. Genesis 2:14 ה֥וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

  6. Genesis 2:19 ה֥וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

  7. Genesis 3:6 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

  8. Genesis 3:12 הִ֛וא hi' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

  9. Genesis 3:15 ה֚וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  10. Genesis 3:16 וְה֖וּא ve.Hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

  11. Genesis 3:20 הִ֥וא hi' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

  12. Genesis 4:4 ה֛וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

  13. Genesis 4:20 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

  14. Genesis 4:21 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe.

  15. Genesis 4:22 הִ֗וא hi' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

  16. Genesis 4:26 הוּא֙ hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.

  17. Genesis 6:3 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.

  18. Genesis 7:2 הִ֛וא hi' · Stands in for a person or thing

    Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:

  19. Genesis 9:3 הוּא־ hu'- · Stands in for a person or thing

    Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

  20. Genesis 9:18 ה֖וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

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