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hu H9023

הוּ (hu) means “his” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

הוּ Hebrew · H9023 7,915 tagged occurrences in 5,360 verses

Pronunciation guide: hu STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.

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TBESH · H9023

הוּ · hu · his

Personal possessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular

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Verses containing H9023

Page 43 of 108. 5360 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 2 Samuel 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”

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  2. 2 Samuel 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.

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  3. 2 Samuel 13:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

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  4. 2 Samuel 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

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  5. 2 Samuel 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.

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  6. 2 Samuel 13:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

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  7. 2 Samuel 13:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

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  8. 2 Samuel 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”

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  9. 2 Samuel 13:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”

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  10. 2 Samuel 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.

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  11. 2 Samuel 13:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.

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  12. 2 Samuel 14:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

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  13. 2 Samuel 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

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  14. 2 Samuel 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.

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  15. 2 Samuel 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’

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  16. 2 Samuel 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

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  17. 2 Samuel 14:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.

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  18. 2 Samuel 14:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

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  19. 2 Samuel 14:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

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  20. 2 Samuel 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

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  21. 2 Samuel 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

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  22. 2 Samuel 15:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.

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  23. 2 Samuel 15:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

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  24. 2 Samuel 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

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  25. 2 Samuel 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”

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  26. 2 Samuel 15:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

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  27. 2 Samuel 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,

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  28. 2 Samuel 15:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    and all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.

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  29. 2 Samuel 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.

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  30. 2 Samuel 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

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  31. 2 Samuel 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

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  32. 2 Samuel 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

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  33. 2 Samuel 15:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.

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  34. 2 Samuel 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.

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  35. 2 Samuel 16:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.

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  36. 2 Samuel 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

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  37. 2 Samuel 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

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  38. 2 Samuel 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

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  39. 2 Samuel 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

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  40. 2 Samuel 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”

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  41. 2 Samuel 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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  42. 2 Samuel 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

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  43. 2 Samuel 17:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”

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  44. 2 Samuel 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.

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  45. 2 Samuel 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.

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  46. 2 Samuel 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

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  47. 2 Samuel 17:23 · BSB · 5 occurrences

    When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

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  48. 2 Samuel 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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  49. 2 Samuel 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.

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  50. 2 Samuel 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

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