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 18 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.
So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
Read word by wordAnd that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
Read word by word(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
Read word by wordGo at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
Read word by word“My lord,” she replied, “you yourself swore to your maidservant by the LORD your God: ‘Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
Read word by word“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?
Read word by wordI will carry out this very day exactly what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
Read word by wordThen you shall go up with him, and he is to come and sit on my throne and reign in my place. For I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah.”
Read word by wordZadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
Read word by wordKeep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’
Read word by wordKing Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”
Read word by wordAnd Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
Read word by wordNow the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
Read word by wordThen the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
Read word by wordAhimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
Read word by wordFor Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.4
So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.19
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.
Read word by wordIn the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, the eighth month, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
Read word by wordHe was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.
Read word by wordAt that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
Read word by wordAnd all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
Read word by wordNevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
Read word by wordAnd as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
Read word by wordso that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
Read word by wordOn that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
Read word by wordSo at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
Read word by wordThen she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Read word by wordKing Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
Read word by wordThen the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
Read word by wordBut Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
Read word by wordNow Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor. So when Solomon noticed that the young man was industrious, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the house of Joseph.
Read word by wordDuring that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
Read word by wordWhen Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
Read word by wordThat day the man of God gave a sign, saying, “The LORD has spoken this sign: ‘Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.’”
Read word by wordWhen the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”
Read word by wordAt that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
Read word by wordand Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
Read word by wordTake with you ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will become of the boy.”
Read word by wordBut the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
Read word by wordThen Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
Read word by wordHowever, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
Read word by wordand the people in the camp heard that Zimri had conspired against the king and struck him down. So there in the camp that very day, all Israel proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel.
Read word by wordSo she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
Read word by wordBut Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
Read word by wordThen you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
Read word by wordAt noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
Read word by wordWhen all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
Read word by wordwhile he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
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