הוּא (hu) means “he/she/it” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: hoo Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
הוּא · hu · he/she/it
pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)
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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
KJV glosses: he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| he | 254 |
| it | 118 |
| that | 109 |
| on that | 87 |
| at that | 48 |
| she | 46 |
| and he | 42 |
| that is | 41 |
| this | 40 |
| in that | 38 |
| who | 31 |
| it is | 25 |
| they | 23 |
| but he | 13 |
| himself | 13 |
| and that | 12 |
| he is | 12 |
| is | 12 |
| and on that | 9 |
| and she | 9 |
| is he | 9 |
| vvv | 9 |
| while he | 9 |
| and at that | 8 |
| and it | 8 |
| that same | 8 |
| the | 8 |
| am he | 7 |
| and | 7 |
| it was | 7 |
| which | 7 |
| he was | 6 |
| of that | 6 |
| so that | 6 |
| then he | 5 |
| this is | 5 |
| against that | 4 |
| and as he | 4 |
| and they | 4 |
| are | 4 |
| but it | 4 |
| is it | 4 |
| so at that | 4 |
| when he | 4 |
| but that | 3 |
| for he | 3 |
| for that | 3 |
| from that | 3 |
| him | 3 |
| his | 3 |
| is the one | 3 |
| is the one who | 3 |
| jotham | 3 |
| she is | 3 |
| that very | 3 |
| the one | 3 |
| the person | 3 |
| these | 3 |
| throughout that | 3 |
| was | 3 |
| and he himself | 2 |
| and in that | 2 |
| as she | 2 |
| at the same | 2 |
| balaam | 2 |
| but at that | 2 |
| but the | 2 |
| but this | 2 |
| but when he | 2 |
| david | 2 |
| does he | 2 |
| for she | 2 |
| he himself | 2 |
| he is still | 2 |
| in such | 2 |
| is this | 2 |
| it is he | 2 |
| joram | 2 |
| on that same | 2 |
| only he | 2 |
| she was | 2 |
| since he | 2 |
| so he | 2 |
| so on that | 2 |
| so she | 2 |
| such | 2 |
| that would be | 2 |
| the article | 2 |
| the city | 2 |
| them | 2 |
| they are | 2 |
| when that | 2 |
| whoever | 2 |
| about something he | 1 |
| above | 1 |
| abraham | 1 |
| abram | 1 |
| achan | 1 |
| adonijah was | 1 |
| after arba | 1 |
| after ehud | 1 |
| against this | 1 |
| ahaziah | 1 |
| am he who knows | 1 |
| am the one | 1 |
| amaziah | 1 |
| and as soon as she | 1 |
| and at the same | 1 |
| and eli | 1 |
| and from that | 1 |
| and he became their leader | 1 |
| and he is | 1 |
| and he too | 1 |
| and he was | 1 |
| and her | 1 |
| and it was | 1 |
| and on that same | 1 |
| and only the man | 1 |
| and she herself | 1 |
| and that it | 1 |
| and that very | 1 |
| and the city | 1 |
| and the woman | 1 |
| and who | 1 |
| and yet he | 1 |
| are he | 1 |
| as abigail | 1 |
| as he | 1 |
| as it | 1 |
| at the regular | 1 |
| azariah was the one | 1 |
| baal | 1 |
| beerah | 1 |
| belongs | 1 |
| both him | 1 |
| both that animal | 1 |
| both the animal | 1 |
| both the chief baker | 1 |
| but as he | 1 |
| but as saul | 1 |
| but eleazar | 1 |
| but he is | 1 |
| but he is unchangeable | 1 |
| but he then | 1 |
| but if that | 1 |
| but it was he | 1 |
| but jacob himself | 1 |
| but on that | 1 |
| but only the one | 1 |
| but rahab | 1 |
| but they | 1 |
| but when | 1 |
| by that | 1 |
| can it | 1 |
| comes | 1 |
| death | 1 |
| does not the one | 1 |
| during that | 1 |
| elisha | 1 |
| elkanah | 1 |
| even | 1 |
| even those | 1 |
| even though she | 1 |
| finally saul himself | 1 |
| for at that | 1 |
| for elijah | 1 |
| for he is such | 1 |
| for that is all she is | 1 |
| for this joy | 1 |
| for what he | 1 |
| for whom | 1 |
| from his | 1 |
| from which | 1 |
| gehazi | 1 |
| had taken | 1 |
| has changed | 1 |
| has he not | 1 |
| he became | 1 |
| he has | 1 |
| he is to be feared | 1 |
| he must be | 1 |
| he was a | 1 |
| he was the one who | 1 |
| herself | 1 |
| his cloak | 1 |
| his relation | 1 |
| however while elah | 1 |
| if he | 1 |
| if only that | 1 |
| in | 1 |
| in the | 1 |
| into his own | 1 |
| is like | 1 |
| is mine | 1 |
| is that | 1 |
| is the | 1 |
| is there | 1 |
| it had been | 1 |
| it has | 1 |
| it is the lord | 1 |
| it shall be | 1 |
| it was he | 1 |
| it was this | 1 |
| it will be | 1 |
| jacob | 1 |
| jehoram | 1 |
| job was the | 1 |
| jonathan | 1 |
| joseph | 1 |
| let it | 1 |
| let it be | 1 |
| machir | 1 |
| man | 1 |
| may | 1 |
| may he | 1 |
| may she | 1 |
| may that | 1 |
| moreover ahaz | 1 |
| moses | 1 |
| now abram | 1 |
| now ahijah | 1 |
| now she | 1 |
| of that same | 1 |
| of that very | 1 |
| of the lord | 1 |
| of the same | 1 |
| of this | 1 |
| on that very | 1 |
| on that very same | 1 |
| on the very | 1 |
| one | 1 |
| only | 1 |
| or | 1 |
| out of that | 1 |
| rahab | 1 |
| remain the same | 1 |
| ruth | 1 |
| saul | 1 |
| shall be | 1 |
| she herself | 1 |
| shem | 1 |
| since it | 1 |
| since lot | 1 |
| since the exile | 1 |
| so man | 1 |
| so that he | 1 |
| so that very | 1 |
| so this | 1 |
| solomon | 1 |
| such a | 1 |
| tamar | 1 |
| that he | 1 |
| that man is | 1 |
| that on that | 1 |
| that part belongs | 1 |
| that slave | 1 |
| that son | 1 |
| the altar is | 1 |
| the animal | 1 |
| the child | 1 |
| the city was | 1 |
| the food | 1 |
| the lord | 1 |
| the man | 1 |
| the one making the vow | 1 |
| the priest | 1 |
| the seed | 1 |
| the servant | 1 |
| the servant is | 1 |
| the sin | 1 |
| the sword | 1 |
| the wind | 1 |
| then | 1 |
| then it is | 1 |
| then naaman | 1 |
| then saul | 1 |
| then she | 1 |
| then that | 1 |
| then that one | 1 |
| then they | 1 |
| there is | 1 |
| these things | 1 |
| they are to | 1 |
| they will know | 1 |
| this had come | 1 |
| this jeroboam | 1 |
| this thing | 1 |
| this will be | 1 |
| though he | 1 |
| though it | 1 |
| though she is | 1 |
| though the father | 1 |
| throughout | 1 |
| to that | 1 |
| upon which | 1 |
| uzziah was the one | 1 |
| was he | 1 |
| was it | 1 |
| was it not | 1 |
| what | 1 |
| when | 1 |
| when gaal | 1 |
| when gehazi | 1 |
| when it is | 1 |
| where she | 1 |
| where they | 1 |
| whether | 1 |
| which is | 1 |
| while he himself | 1 |
| while ish-bosheth | 1 |
| while jeremiah | 1 |
| while the king | 1 |
| while they | 1 |
| who that very | 1 |
| who was | 1 |
| will be the same | 1 |
| will bring about | 1 |
| will himself | 1 |
| with the help of | 1 |
| with which | 1 |
| yes he | 1 |
| yet | 1 |
| yet he | 1 |
| yet it | 1 |
| you | 1 |
| you can | 1 |
| you were | 1 |
| your vow | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| she | 3 |
| that | 3 |
| which | 3 |
| and this | 2 |
| he | 2 |
| the same | 2 |
| this | 2 |
| and ham | 1 |
| and she | 1 |
| and that it | 1 |
| at the same | 1 |
| he not unto me she | 1 |
| him he | 1 |
| in her | 1 |
| in the same | 1 |
| no more such | 1 |
| not clean | 1 |
| not this | 1 |
| of that | 1 |
| of the | 1 |
| there for that | 1 |
| these | 1 |
| they | 1 |
| those | 1 |
| to him | 1 |
| unto and it | 1 |
| wherein | 1 |
| which is | 1 |
Page 13 of 34. 1692 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Read word by wordThe border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
Read word by wordAccording to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
Read word by wordHazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),
Read word by wordDannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),
Read word by wordHumtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
Read word by wordKiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah—two cities, along with their villages.
Read word by wordNow this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
Read word by wordbecause the hill country will be yours as well. It is a forest; clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours. Although the Canaanites have iron chariots and although they are strong, you can drive them out.”
Read word by wordFrom there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
Read word by wordOn the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
Read word by wordZelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
Read word by wordWhen someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
Read word by wordNow if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
Read word by wordHe is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
Read word by wordSo they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Read word by wordThey gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
Read word by wordWas not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
Read word by word“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
Read word by wordIf we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
Read word by wordRather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
Read word by wordTherefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
Read word by wordSo the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
Read word by word“and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.
Read word by wordThe LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.
Read word by wordOne of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
Read word by wordFor the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
Read word by wordBut Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
Read word by wordOn that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
Read word by wordAnd Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”
Read word by wordAnd the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called it Luz, which is its name to this day.
Read word by wordSo they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
Read word by wordAfter that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
Read word by wordBut upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
Read word by wordThen Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.
Read word by wordAfter Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.
Read word by wordEhud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
Read word by wordOn arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
Read word by wordAt that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
Read word by wordSo Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
Read word by wordAfter Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
Read word by wordSo the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
Read word by wordNow Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
Read word by wordAnd she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
Read word by wordBut as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
Read word by wordOn that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.
Read word by wordOn that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
Read word by wordHer wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
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