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Hebrew word study

הוּאhûwʼ — he (she or it)

Pronounced “hoo”

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

Translated in the King James as: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Appears 1,777 times in Scripture

Origin: of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 174×
Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:12Genesis 2:13Genesis 2:14Genesis 2:19Genesis 3:12Genesis 3:15Genesis 3:16Genesis 3:20Genesis 4:4Genesis 4:20Genesis 4:21Genesis 4:22Genesis 4:26Genesis 6:3Genesis 9:18Genesis 10:8Genesis 10:9Genesis 10:11Genesis 10:12Genesis 10:21Genesis 12:14Genesis 12:18Genesis 12:19Genesis 13:1+ 149 more in Genesis
Exodus — 73×
Exodus 1:6Exodus 1:10Exodus 1:16Exodus 2:2Exodus 3:5Exodus 3:8Exodus 4:14Exodus 4:16Exodus 5:6Exodus 6:26Exodus 6:27Exodus 8:19Exodus 8:22Exodus 9:34Exodus 10:13Exodus 12:2Exodus 12:4Exodus 12:11Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:16Exodus 12:19Exodus 12:27Exodus 12:30Exodus 12:42Exodus 13:2+ 48 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 164×
Leviticus 1:13Leviticus 1:17Leviticus 2:6Leviticus 2:15Leviticus 3:1Leviticus 3:7Leviticus 4:21Leviticus 4:24Leviticus 5:1Leviticus 5:2Leviticus 5:3Leviticus 5:4Leviticus 5:9Leviticus 5:11Leviticus 5:12Leviticus 5:18Leviticus 5:19Leviticus 6:5Leviticus 6:9Leviticus 6:17Leviticus 6:25Leviticus 6:29Leviticus 7:1Leviticus 7:5Leviticus 7:6+ 139 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 84×
Numbers 1:4Numbers 5:6Numbers 5:13Numbers 5:14Numbers 5:15Numbers 5:18Numbers 5:28Numbers 5:31Numbers 6:8Numbers 6:11Numbers 6:20Numbers 9:6Numbers 9:13Numbers 10:32Numbers 11:3Numbers 11:7Numbers 11:30Numbers 11:32Numbers 11:34Numbers 12:7Numbers 13:18Numbers 13:19Numbers 13:20Numbers 13:24Numbers 13:27+ 59 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 118×
Deuteronomy 1:9Deuteronomy 1:16Deuteronomy 1:17Deuteronomy 1:18Deuteronomy 1:19Deuteronomy 1:30Deuteronomy 1:36Deuteronomy 1:38Deuteronomy 1:44Deuteronomy 2:34Deuteronomy 3:1Deuteronomy 3:4Deuteronomy 3:8Deuteronomy 3:12Deuteronomy 3:13Deuteronomy 3:18Deuteronomy 3:21Deuteronomy 3:22Deuteronomy 3:23Deuteronomy 3:28Deuteronomy 4:6Deuteronomy 4:14Deuteronomy 4:24Deuteronomy 4:35Deuteronomy 4:39+ 93 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 75×
Joshua 2:6Joshua 2:8Joshua 2:11Joshua 2:15Joshua 2:21Joshua 3:1Joshua 4:14Joshua 4:24Joshua 5:2Joshua 5:9Joshua 5:12Joshua 5:15Joshua 6:15Joshua 6:17Joshua 6:19Joshua 6:26Joshua 7:6Joshua 7:26Joshua 8:9Joshua 8:10Joshua 8:13Joshua 8:14Joshua 8:25Joshua 8:27Joshua 9:27+ 50 more in Joshua
Judges — 75×
Judges 1:26Judges 2:5Judges 3:19Judges 3:20Judges 3:24Judges 3:26Judges 3:27Judges 3:29Judges 3:30Judges 3:31Judges 4:2Judges 4:3Judges 4:4Judges 4:5Judges 4:21Judges 4:23Judges 5:1Judges 5:29Judges 6:22Judges 6:25Judges 6:31Judges 6:32Judges 6:40Judges 7:1Judges 7:4+ 50 more in Judges
Ruth — 9×
Ruth 1:3Ruth 1:6Ruth 1:18Ruth 2:6Ruth 2:20Ruth 3:2Ruth 3:4Ruth 4:17+ 1 more in Ruth
1 Samuel — 93×
1 Sam 1:31 Sam 1:131 Sam 1:281 Sam 3:21 Sam 3:121 Sam 3:181 Sam 4:121 Sam 4:181 Sam 6:91 Sam 6:151 Sam 6:161 Sam 7:61 Sam 7:101 Sam 8:181 Sam 9:131 Sam 9:241 Sam 9:261 Sam 10:91 Sam 10:191 Sam 10:221 Sam 12:181 Sam 14:181 Sam 14:231 Sam 14:241 Sam 14:31+ 68 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 56×
2 Sam 2:162 Sam 2:172 Sam 2:292 Sam 3:372 Sam 4:52 Sam 4:72 Sam 4:102 Sam 5:72 Sam 5:82 Sam 5:202 Sam 6:82 Sam 6:92 Sam 7:42 Sam 7:132 Sam 7:142 Sam 7:282 Sam 9:42 Sam 9:132 Sam 11:42 Sam 11:122 Sam 12:232 Sam 13:22 Sam 13:82 Sam 13:202 Sam 14:19+ 31 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 65×
1 Ki 1:61 Ki 1:131 Ki 1:171 Ki 1:241 Ki 1:301 Ki 1:351 Ki 1:451 Ki 2:81 Ki 2:221 Ki 3:31 Ki 3:41 Ki 3:271 Ki 4:151 Ki 4:241 Ki 5:51 Ki 7:141 Ki 8:21 Ki 8:191 Ki 8:411 Ki 8:601 Ki 8:641 Ki 8:651 Ki 10:101 Ki 11:171 Ki 11:28+ 40 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 50×
2 Ki 1:82 Ki 2:122 Ki 2:182 Ki 2:232 Ki 3:62 Ki 3:172 Ki 4:52 Ki 4:92 Ki 5:72 Ki 5:152 Ki 5:182 Ki 5:252 Ki 6:52 Ki 6:132 Ki 6:302 Ki 6:322 Ki 7:92 Ki 8:22 Ki 8:52 Ki 8:212 Ki 8:222 Ki 8:272 Ki 8:292 Ki 9:342 Ki 9:36+ 25 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 53×
1 Chr 1:101 Chr 1:271 Chr 2:211 Chr 2:261 Chr 2:421 Chr 4:111 Chr 5:11 Chr 5:61 Chr 5:81 Chr 7:311 Chr 8:71 Chr 8:121 Chr 9:311 Chr 10:51 Chr 11:41 Chr 11:51 Chr 11:111 Chr 11:121 Chr 11:131 Chr 11:201 Chr 11:221 Chr 11:231 Chr 11:251 Chr 13:111 Chr 13:12+ 28 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 51×
2 Chr 1:72 Chr 4:212 Chr 6:92 Chr 6:322 Chr 7:82 Chr 9:92 Chr 9:122 Chr 13:182 Chr 15:112 Chr 16:72 Chr 16:102 Chr 18:72 Chr 18:242 Chr 18:312 Chr 18:342 Chr 20:22 Chr 20:62 Chr 20:252 Chr 20:262 Chr 20:352 Chr 21:32 Chr 21:102 Chr 21:112 Chr 22:32 Chr 22:6+ 26 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra — 12×
Ezra 1:2Ezra 1:3Ezra 1:4Ezra 7:6Ezra 7:8Ezra 7:9Ezra 8:34Ezra 9:11Ezra 10:8Ezra 10:9Ezra 10:23+ 1 more in Ezra
Nehemiah — 23×
Nehemiah 1:2Nehemiah 2:18Nehemiah 2:20Nehemiah 3:12Nehemiah 3:14Nehemiah 3:15Nehemiah 4:16Nehemiah 4:22Nehemiah 6:1Nehemiah 6:10Nehemiah 6:13Nehemiah 6:18Nehemiah 7:2Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah 8:10Nehemiah 8:17Nehemiah 9:6Nehemiah 9:7Nehemiah 12:8Nehemiah 12:43Nehemiah 12:44Nehemiah 13:1Nehemiah 13:21
Esther — 23×
Esther 1:1Esther 1:11Esther 1:20Esther 2:7Esther 2:14Esther 2:16Esther 3:4Esther 3:7Esther 3:13Esther 5:9Esther 6:1Esther 7:5Esther 8:1Esther 8:9Esther 8:12Esther 9:1Esther 9:11Esther 9:24+ 5 more in Esther
Job — 48×
Job 1:3Job 2:8Job 3:4Job 3:6Job 3:7Job 3:19Job 5:18Job 5:27Job 8:16Job 8:19Job 9:22Job 9:24Job 11:11Job 13:16Job 13:19Job 13:28Job 15:9Job 15:20Job 15:22Job 15:23Job 17:3Job 21:22Job 21:31Job 21:32Job 22:18+ 23 more in Job
Psalms — 53×
Psalms 9:8Psalms 18:30Psalms 24:2Psalms 24:10Psalms 25:11Psalms 25:15Psalms 33:9Psalms 33:20Psalms 37:5Psalms 39:4Psalms 39:7Psalms 44:4Psalms 44:21Psalms 45:11Psalms 48:14Psalms 50:6Psalms 55:22Psalms 60:12Psalms 62:2Psalms 62:6Psalms 68:35Psalms 73:16Psalms 77:10Psalms 78:38Psalms 81:4+ 28 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 37×
Proverbs 3:6Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 3:18Proverbs 3:29Proverbs 3:34Proverbs 4:13Proverbs 5:23Proverbs 6:22Proverbs 6:32Proverbs 7:11Proverbs 7:23Proverbs 10:18Proverbs 10:22Proverbs 10:24Proverbs 11:25Proverbs 11:28Proverbs 13:13Proverbs 18:9Proverbs 18:13Proverbs 19:21Proverbs 21:13Proverbs 21:29Proverbs 22:9Proverbs 22:22Proverbs 23:3+ 12 more in Proverbs
Ecclesiastes — 36×
Eccles 1:5Eccles 1:10Eccles 1:13Eccles 1:17Eccles 2:1Eccles 2:22Eccles 2:23Eccles 2:24Eccles 3:9Eccles 3:13Eccles 3:14Eccles 3:15Eccles 3:21Eccles 3:22Eccles 4:4Eccles 4:8Eccles 5:6Eccles 5:9Eccles 5:14Eccles 5:18Eccles 5:19Eccles 6:1Eccles 6:2Eccles 6:10Eccles 7:2+ 11 more in Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon — 4×
Song 6:9Song 8:9+ 2 more in Song of Solomon
Isaiah — 107×
Isaiah 1:13Isaiah 2:11Isaiah 2:17Isaiah 2:20Isaiah 2:22Isaiah 3:7Isaiah 3:18Isaiah 4:1Isaiah 4:2Isaiah 5:30Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 7:18Isaiah 7:20Isaiah 7:21Isaiah 7:23Isaiah 8:13Isaiah 9:15Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 10:7Isaiah 10:20Isaiah 10:27Isaiah 11:10Isaiah 11:11Isaiah 12:1Isaiah 12:4+ 82 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 83×
Jeremiah 2:14Jeremiah 3:1Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 3:17Jeremiah 4:9Jeremiah 4:11Jeremiah 5:12Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 6:6Jeremiah 6:23Jeremiah 8:1Jeremiah 10:3Jeremiah 10:8Jeremiah 10:10Jeremiah 10:16Jeremiah 12:17Jeremiah 14:22Jeremiah 17:9Jeremiah 18:4Jeremiah 18:8Jeremiah 20:1Jeremiah 20:16Jeremiah 22:4Jeremiah 22:16+ 58 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 5×
Lam 1:3Lam 1:4Lam 1:8Lam 1:18Lam 3:10
Ezekiel — 85×
Ezekiel 1:2Ezekiel 1:13Ezekiel 1:28Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 3:19Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 3:21Ezekiel 4:3Ezekiel 4:12Ezekiel 10:15Ezekiel 10:20Ezekiel 11:3Ezekiel 11:7Ezekiel 11:11Ezekiel 11:15Ezekiel 12:12Ezekiel 12:27Ezekiel 14:8Ezekiel 14:9Ezekiel 14:17Ezekiel 14:19Ezekiel 16:14Ezekiel 16:46Ezekiel 16:48Ezekiel 17:8+ 60 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 8×
Daniel 8:21Daniel 8:26Daniel 10:4Daniel 11:6Daniel 11:8Daniel 12:1+ 2 more in Daniel
Hosea — 21×
Hosea 1:5Hosea 2:2Hosea 2:8Hosea 2:16Hosea 2:18Hosea 2:21Hosea 2:23Hosea 5:13Hosea 6:1Hosea 7:6Hosea 7:9Hosea 8:6Hosea 10:2Hosea 11:5Hosea 11:10Hosea 13:1Hosea 13:13Hosea 13:15+ 3 more in Hosea
Joel — 3×
Joel 2:13Joel 3:1Joel 3:18
Amos — 14×
Amos 1:15Amos 2:9Amos 2:16Amos 5:13Amos 5:18Amos 7:2Amos 7:5Amos 7:6Amos 7:13Amos 8:3Amos 8:9Amos 8:13Amos 9:11+ 1 more in Amos
Obadiah — 1×
Obadiah 1:8
Jonah — 1×
Jonah 1:10
Micah — 11×
Micah 1:13Micah 2:3Micah 2:4Micah 3:4Micah 4:1Micah 4:6Micah 5:10Micah 7:3Micah 7:11Micah 7:12Micah 7:18
Nahum — 4×
Nahum 1:9Nahum 2:8Nahum 2:11Nahum 3:10
Habakkuk — 6×
Habakkuk 1:7Habakkuk 1:10Habakkuk 2:5Habakkuk 2:19+ 2 more in Habakkuk
Zephaniah — 8×
Zeph 1:9Zeph 1:10Zeph 1:12Zeph 1:15Zeph 3:11Zeph 3:16Zeph 3:19Zeph 3:20
Haggai — 3×
Haggai 2:6Haggai 2:14Haggai 2:23
Zechariah — 34×
Zech 1:8Zech 2:11Zech 3:9Zech 3:10Zech 5:6Zech 6:10Zech 6:13Zech 9:4Zech 9:7Zech 9:16Zech 11:11Zech 12:3Zech 12:4Zech 12:6Zech 12:8Zech 12:9Zech 12:11Zech 13:1Zech 13:2Zech 13:4Zech 13:9Zech 14:4Zech 14:6Zech 14:7Zech 14:8+ 9 more in Zechariah
Malachi — 7×
Malachi 1:7Malachi 1:12Malachi 2:5Malachi 2:7Malachi 2:14Malachi 2:17Malachi 3:2

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