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. Isaiah 52:6 ה֥וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak; behold, it is I.

  2. Isaiah 53:4 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

  3. Isaiah 53:5 וְהוּא֙ ve.Hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

  4. Isaiah 53:7 וְה֣וּא ve.Hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

  5. Isaiah 53:11 ה֥וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.

  6. Isaiah 53:12 וְהוּא֙ ve.Hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

  7. Isaiah 59:16 הִ֥יא hi' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.

  8. Isaiah 63:5 הִ֥יא hi' · Stands in for a person or thing

    And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my wrath, it upheld me.

  9. Isaiah 63:9 ה֣וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  10. Isaiah 63:10 ה֥וּא hu' · Stands in for a person or thing

    But they rebelled, and grieved his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and himself fought against them.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

Greek and Hebrew data: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0. All sources and licences