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his

Meaning of “his”

1. The possessive form corresponding to he or him: belonging or relating to a person, animal, or other referent treated as masculine; used before a noun or independently. 2. In older use, the possessive of it: belonging or relating to a thing without natural gender.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
8,474 occurrences5,968 verses65 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:11

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Genesis 20:8
Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 20:8 · retained source text

Therefore Abimelech rose earely in the morning, and called all his seruants, and told all these things in their eares: and the men were sore afraid.

Genesis 20:14
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 20:14 · retained source text

And Abimelech tooke sheepe and oxen, and men-seruants, and women seruants, and gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

Genesis 20:17
¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 20:17 · retained source text

¶ So Abraham prayed vnto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-seruants, and they bare children.

Genesis 21:2
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 21:2 · retained source text

For Sarah conceiued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his old age, at the set time, of which God had spoken to him.

1611 marginal noteActs 7.8. Gal. 4.22. Heb. 11.11.

Genesis 21:3
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:3 · retained source text

And Abraham called the name of his sonne, that was borne vnto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

Genesis 21:4
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 21:4 · retained source text

And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isaac, being eight dayes old, as God had commanded him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 17.12.

Genesis 21:5
And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:5 · retained source text

And Abraham was an hundred yeeres old, when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him.

Genesis 21:7
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:7 · retained source text

And she said, Who would haue said vnto Abraham, that Sarah should haue giuen children sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in his old age.

Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:21 · retained source text

And hee dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran: and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

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Genesis653 occurrences
437 verses
Exodus372 occurrences
240 verses
Leviticus385 occurrences
249 verses
Numbers277 occurrences
199 verses
Deuteronomy297 occurrences
188 verses
Joshua60 occurrences
43 verses
Judges220 occurrences
159 verses
Ruth25 occurrences
19 verses
1 Samuel350 occurrences
245 verses
2 Samuel245 occurrences
181 verses
1 Kings318 occurrences
203 verses
2 Kings332 occurrences
215 verses
1 Chronicles348 occurrences
222 verses
2 Chronicles346 occurrences
232 verses
Ezra46 occurrences
37 verses
Nehemiah48 occurrences
40 verses
Esther66 occurrences
42 verses
Job342 occurrences
242 verses
Psalms610 occurrences
442 verses
Proverbs272 occurrences
213 verses
Ecclesiastes68 occurrences
47 verses
Song of Solomon34 occurrences
23 verses
Isaiah347 occurrences
235 verses
Jeremiah282 occurrences
194 verses
Lamentations38 occurrences
29 verses
Ezekiel217 occurrences
134 verses
Daniel187 occurrences
107 verses
Hosea41 occurrences
28 verses
Joel16 occurrences
8 verses
Amos26 occurrences
19 verses
Obadiah6 occurrences
4 verses
Jonah10 occurrences
8 verses
Micah24 occurrences
19 verses
Nahum17 occurrences
9 verses
Habakkuk24 occurrences
15 verses
Zephaniah8 occurrences
8 verses
Haggai4 occurrences
3 verses
Zechariah56 occurrences
37 verses
Malachi20 occurrences
16 verses
Matthew259 occurrences
211 verses
Mark148 occurrences
121 verses
Luke235 occurrences
192 verses
John176 occurrences
152 verses
Acts146 occurrences
122 verses
Romans54 occurrences
48 verses
1 Corinthians37 occurrences
30 verses
2 Corinthians21 occurrences
18 verses
Galatians9 occurrences
9 verses
Ephesians37 occurrences
28 verses
Philippians9 occurrences
7 verses
Colossians14 occurrences
13 verses
1 Thessalonians8 occurrences
8 verses
2 Thessalonians7 occurrences
6 verses
1 Timothy8 occurrences
6 verses
2 Timothy9 occurrences
8 verses
Titus3 occurrences
3 verses
Hebrews48 occurrences
40 verses
James16 occurrences
13 verses
1 Peter12 occurrences
10 verses
2 Peter10 occurrences
10 verses
1 John43 occurrences
35 verses
2 John2 occurrences
2 verses
3 John2 occurrences
2 verses
Jude2 occurrences
2 verses
Revelation122 occurrences
81 verses

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Historical definitions

Possessive pronoun. Its, when referring to a thing without natural gender.

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