Usually translated as
he, it, that, the same, which, she, this, who, they, himself, him, as for her, such, these, those
Occurrences
Hûwʼ occurs 1,715 times in 1,552 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (151), Exodus (59), Leviticus (127), Numbers (62), Deuteronomy (98), Joshua (64), Judges (72), Ruth (9), 1 Samuel (83), 2 Samuel (49), 1 Kings (60), 2 Kings (53), 1 Chronicles (48), 2 Chronicles (52), Ezra (10), Nehemiah (21), Esther (18), Job (43), Psalms (51), Proverbs (34), Ecclesiastes (30), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (97), Jeremiah (73), Lamentations (4), Ezekiel (80), Daniel (4), Hosea (18), Joel (3), Amos (12), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Micah (11), Nahum (3), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (8), Haggai (2), Zechariah (32), Malachi (4)
- Genesis 2:11 — The name of the first is Pison: that is it (ה֣וּא) which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 2:12 — And the gold of that (הַהִ֖וא) land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- Genesis 2:13 — And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same (ה֣וּא) is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
- Genesis 2:14 — And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it (ה֥וּא) which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
- Genesis 2:19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that (ה֥וּא) was the name thereof.
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it (ה֣וּא) was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 3:12 — And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she (הִ֛וא) gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
- Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (ה֚וּא) shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Genesis 3:16 — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he (וְה֖וּא) shall rule over thee.
- Genesis 3:20 — And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she (הִ֥וא) was the mother of all living.
- Genesis 4:4 — And Abel, he (ה֛וּא) also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
- Genesis 4:20 — And Adah bare Jabal: he (ה֣וּא) was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
- Genesis 4:21 — And his brother’s name was Jubal: he (ה֣וּא) was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
- Genesis 4:22 — And Zillah, she (הִ֗וא) also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- Genesis 4:26 — And to Seth, to him (הוּא֙) also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he (ה֣וּא) also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Genesis 10:8 — And Cush begat Nimrod: he (ה֣וּא) began to be a mighty one in the earth.
- Genesis 10:9 — He (הֽוּא) was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
- Genesis 10:11 — Out of that (הַהִ֖וא) land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
- Genesis 10:12 — And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same (הִ֖וא) is a great city.
- Genesis 10:21 — Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him (ה֑וּא) were children born.
- Genesis 12:14 — And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she (הִ֖וא) was very fair.
- Genesis 12:18 — And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she (הִֽוא) was thy wife?
- Genesis 12:19 — Why saidst thou, She (הִ֔וא) is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
- Genesis 13:1 — And Abram went up out of Egypt, he (ה֠וּא), and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
- Genesis 14:2 — That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which (הִיא) is Zoar.
- Genesis 14:3 — All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which (ה֖וּא) is the salt sea.
- Genesis 14:7 — And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which (הִ֣וא) is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
- Genesis 14:8 — And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same (הִוא) is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
- Genesis 14:12 — And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who (וְה֥וּא) dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
- Genesis 14:13 — And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he (וְהוּא֩) dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
- Genesis 14:15 — And he divided himself against them, he (ה֥וּא) and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
- Genesis 14:17 — And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which (ה֖וּא) is the king’s dale.
- Genesis 14:18 — And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he (וְה֥וּא) was the priest of the most high God.
- Genesis 15:2 — And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this (ה֖וּא) Eliezer of Damascus?
- Genesis 15:18 — In the same (הַה֗וּא) day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 16:12 — And he (וְה֤וּא) will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
- Genesis 17:14 — And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that (הַהִ֖וא) soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
- Genesis 18:1 — And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he (וְה֛וּא) sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
- Genesis 18:8 — And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he (וְהֽוּא) stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
- Genesis 18:10 — And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which (וְה֥וּא) was behind him.
- Genesis 19:20 — Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it (וְהִ֣יא) is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 19:20 — Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it (הִ֖וא) not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 19:30 — And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he (ה֖וּא) and his two daughters.
- Genesis 19:33 — And they made their father drink wine that (ה֑וּא) night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:35 — And they made their father drink wine that (הַה֛וּא) night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:37 — And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same (ה֥וּא) is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
- Genesis 19:38 — And the younger, she (הִוא֙) also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
- Genesis 19:38 — And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same (ה֛וּא) is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
- Genesis 20:2 — And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She (הִ֑וא) is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.