נוּ nu
Hebrew word for “us” · Strong’s H9035 · used 272 times in 248 verses
Meaning
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person plural
How it is translated
Glosses given for nu in context, with how often each is used:
- us 242
- ourselves 15
- against 5
- over 4
- among 2
- will belong to 1
- ¿ for 1
- those who belong to 1
- belonging to 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 31 | 1.5 | |
| Psalms | 31 | 1.6 | |
| 1 Samuel | 25 | 1.9 | |
| Deuteronomy | 18 | 1.3 | |
| Judges | 18 | 1.8 | |
| Isaiah | 17 | 1.0 | |
| Jeremiah | 17 | 0.8 | |
| Joshua | 16 | 1.6 | |
| Exodus | 13 | 0.8 | |
| Ezra | 12 | 3.2 | |
| Numbers | 10 | 0.6 | |
| 2 Samuel | 10 | 0.9 |
Also in 15 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 34 (6), Joshua 22 (4), Ezra 8 (4), Ezra 9 (4), Nehemiah 4 (4), Jeremiah 42 (4), Lamentations 5 (4), Genesis 26 (3), Genesis 43 (3), Deuteronomy 1 (3)
Forms
- לנו 237
- בנו 27
- ולנו 4
- לׄנׄוׄ 1
- הלנו 1
- משׁלנו 1
- לנא 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nu more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מָה mah “what?” 33
- אָב av “father” 29
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 29
- זֹאת zot “this” 22
- נָגַד nagad “to tell” 19
- דָּבָר davar “word” 27
- עַתָּה attah “now” 19
- זֶה zeh “this” 24
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 22
- נָא na “please” 17
- עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 20
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 18
Key verses
The verses using nu that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 14:6 — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work…
- Psalms 46:1 — [To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 46:7 — The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 46:11 — The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Psalms 60:1 — [To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of…
- Isaiah 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
- Isaiah 30:10 — Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
- Isaiah 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
- Daniel 9:7 — O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto…
- Hosea 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and…
- Zechariah 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD…
See all 248 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.