הוּא
hûwʼ · 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
Lexicon
Derivation: 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 (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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הוּא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1878 occurrences · 1878 OT · 0 NT · 164 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he5 · 14%
- that3 · 8%
- which3 · 8%
- she2 · 6%
- the same2 · 6%
- and this2 · 6%
- of that1 · 3%
- and that it1 · 3%
- to him1 · 3%
- that are not clean1 · 3%
- and ham1 · 3%
- which is1 · 3%
- is this1 · 3%
- in the same1 · 3%
- unto, and it1 · 3%
- he not unto me, she1 · 3%
- and she1 · 3%
- they1 · 3%
- these1 · 3%
- of the1 · 3%
- him, he1 · 3%
- is not this1 · 3%
- those1 · 3%
- there; for that1 · 3%
- no more such1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis182
- Exodus75
- Leviticus169
- Numbers90
- Deuteronomy128
- Joshua80
- Judges81
- Ruth11
- 1 Samuel96
- 2 Samuel58
- 1 Kings72
- 2 Kings57
- 1 Chronicles56
- 2 Chronicles58
- Ezra12
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.