הוּא
hûwʼ · hoo
{he (she or it); self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or (feminine) הִיא; (Aramaic), corresponding to H1931 (הוּא)
{he (she or it); 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)
- 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: [idiom] are, it, this.
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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- which was1 · 14%
- there is but one1 · 14%
- are1 · 14%
- and it1 · 14%
- and this1 · 14%
- this1 · 14%
- of it: and it1 · 14%
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.