זֶה zeh
Hebrew word for “this” · Strong’s H2088 · used 1,176 times in 1,060 verses
Meaning
1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such;
How it is translated
Glosses given for zeh in context, with how often each is used:
- this 1,071
- this one 44
- this place 15
- here 14
- like this one 4
- this man 4
- like this 4
- which 4
- ¿ is this 2
- what 2
- some of this 2
- ¿ this 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 135 | 6.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 95 | 7.2 | |
| Exodus | 89 | 5.3 | |
| Genesis | 86 | 4.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 81 | 6.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 75 | 5.2 | |
| Numbers | 68 | 4.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 60 | 4.9 | |
| Isaiah | 59 | 3.5 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 53 | 4.0 | |
| Joshua | 52 | 5.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 46 | 4.2 |
Also in 22 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 17 (17), Numbers 7 (12), Numbers 14 (12), 1 Kings 8 (12), Jeremiah 7 (12), Exodus 12 (11), 2 Chronicles 6 (11), Leviticus 23 (8), Numbers 22 (8), 1 Kings 12 (8)
Forms
- הזה 703
- זה 314
- מזה 63
- וזה 51
- בזה 18
- ומזה 13
- כזה 5
- וכזה 3
- לזה 3
- ובזה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with zeh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּבָר davar “word” 211
- עַד ad “till” 132
- מָקוֹם maqom “place” 87
- מָה mah “what?” 100
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 93
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 90
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 90
- רָאָה raah “to see” 87
- נִי ni “me” 74
- כֹּה koh “thus” 65
- אִם im “if” 73
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 82
Key verses
The verses using zeh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 15:2 — The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
- Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
- Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our…
- Isaiah 8:20 — To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
- Isaiah 25:9 — And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad…
- Isaiah 63:1 — Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that…
- Isaiah 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a…
- Jeremiah 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.…
- Jeremiah 15:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go…
- Jeremiah 23:6 — In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
See all 1,060 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.